Correspondence, 1860-1868.

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Correspondence, 1860-1868.

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The Lanman correspondence consists of twelve hand-written letters from ten United States Representatives to Charles Lanman. The letters provide Lanman with information for their biographies which Lanman used in his book, the Dictionary of the United States Congress and the General Government (1868). In addition to the letters, short, typewritten biographies of the letter-writers are included. Five of the letter-writers are from New Mexico. The letters in this collection are from the following people: Charles P. Clever, (1830-1874), Jose Francisco Chaves, (1833-1904), Miguel Antonio Otero, (1829-1882), Richard Hanson Weightman, (1816-1861), Francisco Perea, (1830-1913), Charles D. Potson, (1825-1902), Stephen Fowler Wilson, (1821-1897), Coles Bashford, (1816-1878), John Sebrie Watts, (1816-1876), John Sebrie Watts, (1816-1876), and William S. Messervy.

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Chaves, J. Francisco (José Francisco), 1833-1904

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José Francisco Chaves (June 27, 1833 – November 26, 1904) was a nineteenth-century military leader, politician, lawyer and rancher from the New Mexico Territory. Born in Los Padillas, Nuévo Mexico (now Bernalillo County, New Mexico), he attended schools in St. Louis, Missouri and studied medicine at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons before engaging in livestock raising in the New Mexico Territory. Chaves’s career in local politics began at the same time he became active in terri...

Perea, Francisco, 1830-1913

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Francisco Perea (January 9, 1830 – May 21, 1913) was an American businessman and politician, serving first in the House of the New Mexico Territory after the area's acquisition by the United States following the Mexican–American War. During the American Civil War, Perea was commissioned as a Union Army lieutenant colonel, helping to defend the Territory. He was elected to serve as a delegate for the Territory of New Mexico to the 38th United States Congress from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865. ...

Clever, Charles P., 1830-1874

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Weightman, R. H. (Richard Hanson), 1816-1861

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Richard Hanson Weightman served as an officer in the Mexican War. He settled in New Mexico in 1849, and in 1850 he was chosen as a United States senator during New Mexico's unsuccessful application for statehood. He was elected to the United States Congress, 1851-1853. Weightman died in 1861 while serving in the Civil War. From the description of Letter : Washington, to the editor of the Union, 1850 Oct 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81300934 From the description of Lette...

Messervy, William I.

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Messervy was a Santa Fe Trail trader who later served as a Congressional Representative and Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico. He also was acting Governor of the Territory of New Mexico during Governor Meriwether's absence in 1854. From the description of William S. Messervy collection, 1791-1927. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37396873 ...

Otero, Miguel Antonio, 1859-1944

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Born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1849. His family moved to New Mexico in 1851. Otero's first job was working as a bookkeeper wit the family firm, Otero, Sellar & Company. He entered politics in 1883 as City Treasurer of Las Vegas. In 1897 he was appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico, remained so until 1906. He remained active in politics throughout his life. By 1920 he switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party. He also had a career as a writer. His stories about his experiences in...

Potson, Charles D.

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...

Wilson, Stephen Fowler.

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Bashford, Coles, 1816-1878

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Watts, John S. (John Sebrie), 1816-1876

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