Napoleon B. Laughlin papers, 1740-1933, (bulk, 1880-1925).

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Napoleon B. Laughlin papers, 1740-1933, (bulk, 1880-1925).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38172234

Summary: Collection consists of case files and a variety of documents such as wills, deeds, and estate records from legal cases handled by Laughlin. Series I includes materials on homestead claims and businesses such as the Globe Land Co. and the La Fonda Hotel. Series II includes materials on acequias and water rights, banks (including the First National Bank of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Bank), mining companies (including the Rio Arriba Coal Co.), and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Co. Series III includes documents from the trial of Elfego Baca for the murder of William B. Hearne. Series IV includes Laughlin's correspondence (1882-1915) and testimony from witnesses of the 1892 fire at the New Mexico Capitol Building. Series V consists of documents from four cases involving Thomas B. Catron (1895-1901). Series VI consists of documents from cases involving A.R. Manby as an attorney (1897-1911). Series VII, VIII, IX, and X consist of documents concerning many New Mexico land grants, including the Las Trampas, Caja del Rio, Piedra Lumbre, Cieneguilla, Truchas, Antonio Martinez, Arroyo Hondo, Rancho del Rio Grande, La Joya de Cevilleta, and Tome land grants. Series XI includes Laughlin's notarial record book (1902-1920) and several ledger books recording client fees (1884-1908).

12 linear feet.

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New Mexico State Library

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Globe Land Co.

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New Mexico State Capitol (Santa Fe, N.M.)

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Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921

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Thomas B. Catron, lawyer and politician, was born on October 6, 1840 in Lafayette County, Missouri. He arrived in New Mexico, 1866 and began a controversial career as lawyer, land speculator, and politician. Catron served in the New Mexico Legislative Assembly seven times between 1868-1910, in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1894-1896 and the U. S. Senate, 1912-1918. He died on May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the guide to the Thomas B. Catron Papers, 1692-1934, (Univer...

Manby, Arthur Rochford, 1859?-1929?

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Arthur Rochford Manby was born in England and migrated to the United States and to the Territory of New Mexico in the early 1880s. He began ranching and mining with his two brothers, Jocelyn and Alfred, in northern New Mexico and they built their ranch at Castle Rock, later to be determined that it was on the Maxwell Land Grant. He established several land companies, including the Taos Land Company and the Colonial Bond and Security Company, both in New Mexico. His interests were in land specula...

First National Bank of Santa Fe

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The Second National Bank was chartered on July 17, 1872 and closed its doors on July 17, 1892 having voluntarily permitted its twenty year charter to expire without renewal. The Second National Bank was the second oldest banking establishment in the Territory of New Mexico. Its organizers and major stockholders were Solomon, Jacob, Levi, Lehman, and Willi Spiegelberg, owners of a successful mercantile and wholesale business. With the closing of Second National, Willi, the last of the Spiegelberg...

Santa Fe Bank.

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Laughlin, Napoleon B.

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Napoleon B. Laughlin was an attorney and judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From the description of Napoleon B. Laughlin papers, 1740-1933, (bulk, 1880-1925). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38172234 ...

Rio Arriba Coal Co.

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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company

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American railroad company. From the description of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367852 From the guide to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Baca, Elfego, 1864-1945

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La Fonda (Hotel : Santa Fe, N.M.)

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