Letter : Cimarron, New Mexico, to Marsh Giddings, 1872 May 21.

1 item (4 p.) ; 26 cm

English

In English.

Formerly owned by James S. Copley. Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2010.

This material is open for research.

Autograph letter, signed, from Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico resident Robert Longwill to Marsh Giddings, governor of New Mexico. Longwill requests government assistance to address increasing violence in the Colfax County War between residents and the new owners of the Maxwell Land Grant. Longwill describes violent confrontations, including the armed theft of livestock and supplies and the murder of a Pueblo Native American trackman.

August 24, 2016

Robert Longwill, Letter to Marsh Giddings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Robert Longwill, Letter to Marsh Giddings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.