Description
Privately printed. [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1890] Pamphlet, paper covers, 20 pp. Probable reprint of original article.
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Condition & notes
In acceptable condition. Brown paper covers have a few small chips and tears and light creasing along the edges. Moderate aging and spotting to covers as well. Staple bound, with pages beginning to tear and separate from staples but all pages are present. Pages browned with age but otherwise clean and unmarked with a few small nicks and tears along edges and corner creasing. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. James W. Gleed (1859 - 1926) was a lawyer, businessman, and civic leader in Kansas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gleed played a prominent role in various business and legal developments in the region. He served as general counsel for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and was a trustee of several institutions, including Washburn University. He was also involved in legal, political, and educational activities in Kansas. In this booklet, Gleed gives his impressions of the Territory of New Mexico, including ancient history, mythology, Coronado's exhibition, and the civilization and progress of the nineteenth century, noting the arrival of the Atchinson, Topeka and Sante Fe. He describes the towns of Las Vegas (NM) and Santa Fe, the climate, the churches, religion, education, the adobe houses, daily life, Archbishop Lamy, Mexican dress, and the Mexican people themselves. Much of what he has to say reflects the prejudices of the times. Notably, he was not if favor of granting statehood because he feared they would wield too much power. Overall, a very interesting (albeit very biased) impression on late 1800's New Mexico