Translated by Rick Hendricks Answered on 30 June Don Manuel Álvarez Alburquerque June 17, 1848 My dear sir and friend, I have proposed to take up a pen to inform you about what is happening in the Rio Abajo, because I know you are an impartial man, one of…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks Contestada el 30 de Junio Señor Don Manuel Albarez Alburquerque Junio 17 de 1848 Muy Señor mio y amigo Mé propuesto tomar la pluma con el fin de imforar a Usted lo que pasa por este rio abajo Porque conozco que es…
Translation by Rick Hendricks As governor and commander of the Department of New Mexico, I consulted the Most Excellent Assembly, received the ayuntamiento of Santa Fe, and convoked a meeting of the principal citizens of the Department. I explained to them all the very critical circumstances in which I…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks Como Gobernador y Comandante del Departamento de Nuevo Megico, con- sulte a la Excelentísima Asamblea; recivi al Ayuntamiento de Santa Fe; Convoque una Junta de los Principales Vecinos del Departamento, y a todos les manifesté con cuantas razones pude las circunstancias tan…
The Mexican American War remains one of the most decisive moments in Southwestern history and its impact upon New Mexico cannot be emphasized enough. The underlying impetus for the war can be found in the ideology of Manifest Destiny, a sensibility that the possession of the lands from the…
Rio Vigela, 30 miles south of Santa Fe August 22d 1846 My Dearest Wife, You will see by the date of this letter that we have at length arrived at the long sought for place, Santa Fe. On the 18th Gen. Kearny took formal possession of the capitol of…
By Samuel Sisneros In 1849, following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, more than 150 families from central and southern Texas, a small group from California, close to 4,000 people from New Mexico, along with approximately seven hundred people from the present El Paso Lower Valley (Socorro, Ysleta and San…
Mesilla Plaza; In the center of the plaza of Old Mesilla is a small bandstand painted white. On its south side, facing Mexico is a painted scene of the Mexican and United States flags crossed at their poles with the letter “M” above and number “54” below. To tourists,…
By Miguél A. Torrez The years following the 1846 Mexican-American War brought New Mexicans adversity through the loss of land and political exploitation by Anglo Americans. Many struggled to adapt to American ways. For others, it proved extremely challenging. The descendants of Nicolas de Espinosa were a Nuevomexicano family…
Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid (1792-1866): Last Mexican Governor of New Mexico by Samuel Sisneros "Do not find it strange if there has been no manifestation of joy and enthusiasm in seeing this city occupied by your military forces. To us the power of the Mexican Republic is dead….
