Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, 1833-1924
N. pl. Historical Society of New Mexico, 1926. 16p., 6x9 inches, frontis-photo of Chaves, three essays on Chaves, one by former Governor Otero, very good pamphlet in stapled brown printed wraps. Historical Society of New Mexico #31.
Remembrance of the "foremost citizen in New Mexico of Spanish ancestry", soldier, legislator, lawyer and patriot. At the time of his death in 1904 he was acting as Territorial Historian gathering materials for an autobiography and history of New Mexico.
Cat.No: 122090
Price: $35.00
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