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New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs (view source)
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The New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in 1850. After the Superintendency was abolished in 1874, the agents in New Mexico reported directly to the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC. Some correspondence was filed under "New Mexico" until the change in the filing system in 1881, however.<br> | The New Mexico Superintendency of Indian Affairs was established in 1850. After the Superintendency was abolished in 1874, the agents in New Mexico reported directly to the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC. Some correspondence was filed under "New Mexico" until the change in the filing system in 1881, however.<br> | ||
Records for Superintendencies exist in the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]] and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities. | |||
==== Governors and Ex Officio Superintendents ==== | ==== Governors and Ex Officio Superintendents ==== | ||
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Agents without specific assignments | Agents without specific assignments | ||
Edward H. Wingfield 1851, Richard H. Weightman 1851, Abraham R. Woolley 1851, John Greiner 1851, and Michael Steck 1852 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing Co., New York, NY ©1974. FHL Book 970.1 H551o </ref> | Edward H. Wingfield 1851, Richard H. Weightman 1851, Abraham R. Woolley 1851, John Greiner 1851, and Michael Steck 1852 <ref>The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. By Edward E. Hill. Clearwater Publishing Co., New York, NY ©1974. FHL Book 970.1 H551o </ref> | ||
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