New Mexico historic documents

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Announcement of Mexico's independence from Spain, 1821 (Spanish and English)

Proclamation of Stephen W. Kearny upon entering New Mexico, 1846

Proclamation of Stephen W. Kearny upon occupying Santa Fe, 1846

"Kearny Code": Laws of the Territory of New Mexico, 1846

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848 (English and Spanish)

Organic act establishing the Territory of New Mexico, 1850

President Fillmore's proclamation declaring the Organic Act in force, 1850

Gadsen Treaty, 1853 (Spanish and English)

Governor Connelly's proclamation on the Civil War, 1861

Organic act separating Arizona from New Mexico, 1863

Act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico 1867

Treaty between the United States and the Navajos, Fort Sumner, 1868 (English and Navajo)

Governor Wallace's proclamation of amnesty in the Lincoln County War, 1878