Historical Society of New Mexico

Excerpt from Historical Society of New Mexico: No; 10;; Journal of New Mexico Convection of Delegates to Recommend a Plan of Civil Government, September, 1849 By the people of New Mexico, held at Santa Fe on the 24th of September, 1849, presenting a plan for a civil government of said Territory of New Mexico, and asking the action of Congress thereon. At a convention held at the city of Santa Fe, Territory of New Mexico, composed of delegates elected by the people of the different counties, in conformity with the proclamation of Lieutenant Colonel Beall, civil and military commandant of the Territory of New Mexico, in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Washington, civil and military governor, the following, among other proceedings, were had. Monday Morning, September 24, 1849. On motion of Antonio Jose Otero, Tomas Baca was called to the chair, and James H.Quinn, Esq., was requested to act as secretary pro tern. The roll being called, the following gentlemen appeared and answered to their names: From the county of Bernalillo - Manuel Armijo yMestas, Ambrosio Armijo yOrtiz. Rio Arriba - Joseph Nangle. Salbador Lucero. San Miguel Gregorio Vigil, Manuel Antonio Baca. Santa Ana - Miguel Montoya, Francisco Tomas Baca. Santa Fe - Manuel Alvarez, E. Yaudry Deroin, W. Z. Angney. Taos - Ceran St. Vrain, Antonio Jose Martin, Antonio Leroux. Valencia - Juan Jose Sanches, William Curtis Skinner, Mariana Sylba, Antonio Jose Otero, Manuel Antonio Otero. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.