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The Spanish Archives of New Mexico: Compiled and Chronologically Arranged with Historical, Genealogical, Geographical, and Other Annotations, by Autho

The Spanish Archives of New Mexico: Compiled and Chronologically Arranged with Historical, Genealogical, Geographical, and Other Annotations, by Autho

Ralph Emerson Twitchell

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General ReferenceGeneral World HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 9353605946
ISBN13: 9789353605940
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 592
Weight: 1.89
Height: 1.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From royal decrees to humble petitions, the documentary soul of colonial New Mexico is gathered in one pioneering work. The past lives on here. In Volume I of The Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Ralph Emerson Twitchell assembles a historical document collection of Spanish colonial records, transcribed and chronologically arranged, enriched with historical, genealogical, geographical, and legal annotations. These annotated primary sources illuminate land, faith, power, and everyday life across the frontier of New Spain, with special value for tracing New Mexico land grants and the families and communities bound to them. Both a Hispanic genealogy resource and a vivid record of Spanish colonial administration, it opens a window onto colonial New Mexico history and the wider Spanish Southwest archives and Spanish borderlands studies. Long recognised as a reference for historians and a trusted genealogy research reference, the Twitchell Spanish Archives preserve fragile documents that might otherwise be inaccessible, scattered, or lost. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This Alpha Editions release respects the integrity of the original scholarship while presenting a clean, readable text for researchers, libraries, and discerning collections. Equally suited to the casual reader fascinated by the drama of frontier documents and to students of law, land tenure, and empire, Volume I stands as a key to understanding how people lived, governed, claimed, and remembered this distinctive corner of the Spanish world.

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