SANM I, REEL 27, SG 150 Frames 864 to 886 - Translation of Spanish Document "B":
"Number 38, 9 leaves.
Senor Governor:
I, Juan Ignacio Tafoya, together with twenty-six men, all residents of this town of Albuquerque appear with the greatest humility before your Lordship, asking that I may have the benefit of all the privileges allowed by law and which may be favorable to us, and I state: that that [sic] which runs from the Canon de Carnué to what is newly settled being royal domain and we being in need of agricultural land for our support; and our petition not being to the prejudice of any one, we humbly beg that your Lordship will be pleased to give us possession in the name of His Majesty (whom may God preserve) from what is called the Cuestecita, as far as what is called San Antonito, with permission to build houses for our accomodation, which we hope to enjoy through the well known benevolence which adorns your Lordship in favor of the unfortunate. We all, Sir, obligate ourselves to give for two years to our Sovereign, the third part of the results of our tillage.
With the greatest respect the list containing the names of the petitioners accompanies this.
To your Lordship we repeat our request in the granting of which we shall receive grace and favor, and I swear that I act in good faith and as necessary.
Juan Ignacio Tafoya [Rubric]
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January 6, 1819,
Let the Alcalde of the jurisdiction to which it belongs report with all minuteness.
Melgares [Rubric]
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Senor Governor:
You ask me for a report on the petition of Juan Ignacio Tafoya and those with him. The place which they ask for in order to settle thereon appears as having been partitioned according to the expediente which on the 17th I sent to you; with this one there are three petitions, of these and the other petitioners many of these have lands of their own and by inheritance by grant and inheritances. You will be pleased to decide that which you may deem of your superior pleasure.
Albuquerque, January 29, 1819
Josef Mariano de la Pena [Rubric]
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Santa Fe, February 3, 1819
The Alcalde of Albuquerque will note by name, and in continuation the persons who have no lands of their own for their support, of those of the adjoined list which has a decree of mine at the end, in order that this government may with intelligence act with justice.
Melgares [Rubric]
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Senor Governor,
In compliance with your superior decree dated the 3rd of the present month and that I should form a list of the names of the petitioners who have no lands. The two principal representatives Don Juan Bautista Duran and Cristobal Gulure embraced in the three petitions, the examination having been made by me through the commissioned justices of the towns to which they belong, including the first with the second and with the last; those who have no land and who ask for the possession are the following:
Don Juan Bautista Duran
Tomas Garcia
Encarnacion Zamora
Antonio Sandoval
Asencio Moya
Rafael Martin
Dolores Baca
Jose Lauriano Lopez
Mariano Lucero
Juan Lucero
Joaquin Zedillo
Santiago Gutierrez
Juan Luis Garcia
Jose Griego
Juan Domingo Gonzales
Juan Cristobal Gonzales
Jose Julian Chaves Otero
Ignacio Perea
Rafael Gutierrez
Jose Duran
Antonio Lopez
Juan Antonio Gallego
Julian Parraleno Martin
Ignacio Perea
Juan Cristobal Gulure
Juan Rael
Juan Antonio Gulure
Lorenzo Gulure
Juan Cristobal Gulure
Manuel Lopez
Jose Manuel Gonzales
Antonio Torres
Juan Miguel Gonzales
Geronimo Pacheco
Juan Manuel Martinez
The lands which they ask for is from the Canon de Carnué as far as the old ruins of the pueblo which is called San Antonio, in which not exceeding the number of petitioners, reduced to a short extent, it does not appear to me that there is any objection to conceding it to them, making two towns, at the most convenient points; or it will be as your superiority may deem best.
Albuquerque, February 5, 1819
Josef Mariano de la Pena [Rubric]
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Santa Fe, February 10, 1819
Forward to the Assessor's office to the Senor Curate Don Francisco Ignacio Maduriaga.
Melgares [Rubric]
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Senor Governor:
Having acquainted myself with what I can understand in the foregoing petition and the reports of the Alcalde Don Mariano de la Pena, it appears to me that in justice, the persons included in the list made by the said Alcalde, who have no land, have a right to the lands they ask for, which should be given to them in proportion to what they may need and they should settle upon them within the period fixed by law.
Fees
3 dollars
Santa Fe, February 10, 1819
[Rubric]
Francisco Ignacio de Madariaga [Rubric]
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SOURCE: Spanish Archives of New Mexico I, Microfilm reel 27, Surveyor General #150, "Cañon de Carnuel Land Grant"
Fr. 864 to 885.
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