Administration of the Presbyter Antonio José Martínez |
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Next, the Inventory |
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The Inventory is as follows: |
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This inventory, begun on September 16, 1867 A.D., lists the properties of the recently deceased,
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| Presbyter Antonio José Martínez, who resided in Taos County. |
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The residential home in the plaza of Don Fernando de Taos which consists of a small square with porches on the inside, ten rooms, three double-gated entries, one corral in back, two stables and one pigpen, together with doors, windows, keys, and padlocks. |
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$1,500.00 |
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rooms adjoining the west side of the house |
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María de la Luz Romero, in the same plaza of |
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Don Fernando |
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$500.00 |
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| 100 |
varas of farmland in Estiércoles, from the Río Lucero |
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$100.00 |
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to the Río del Norte |
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| 1 |
water-powered mill in Estiércoles |
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$25.00 |
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| 100 |
varas of land in Estiércoles quartered from the old ditch |
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below, to the arroyo west of the house and land of |
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Santiago Valdez. |
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$50.00 |
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| 300 |
varas of farmland in San Cristóbal |
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$300.00 |
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In that same place of San Cristóbal, an unmeasured |
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piece of land, from the place where the owners farmland |
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ends, to the begining of road that comes out of the mountain |
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$1,000.00 |
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varas of farmland in Des Montes that used to belong to |
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Felipe N. Maes |
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$100.00 |
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room-house on the abovementioned land |
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$400.00 |
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| 108 |
varas of farmland in Desmontes, adjoining that above- |
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mentioned and which belonged to Juan Albares |
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$108.00 |
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conjoined vegetable gardens in San Francisco del Rancho |
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measuring 17 yards wide. |
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$100.00 |
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varas of farmland, previously belonging to a Coca in |
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Don Fernando, Rancho del Campo Santo |
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$63.00 |
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$4,246.00 |
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Continued on the next page |
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$4,246.00 |
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Total from the previous page |
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| 63 |
more varas adjoining the abovementioned |
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$63.00 |
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| 50 |
varas of land farmland on the Ranch of Martín Maes |
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$50.00 |
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| 22 |
varas of land behind the Sisters convent, chapel, |
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and cemeteries, and the house where they reside |
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to the arroyo on the West |
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$41.00 |
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| 30 |
varas, at an angle, behind the Montoya and Cardenas house |
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$15.00 |
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Hoofed Animals |
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breeding goats at $2.00 |
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$26.00 |
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donkeys at 25.00 |
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$50.00 |
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large oxen at 25.00 |
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$360.00 |
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1 and 2-year old calves at 10.00 |
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$70.00 |
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breeding Bulls at 25.00 |
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$50.00 |
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breeding cows at 25.00 |
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$100.00 |
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Animals under Partido and the contract terms- |
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| 16 |
breeding cows to be retuned by Victor Sánchez in |
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October of 1867 |
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$400.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by Joaquín Sandoval in October |
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of 1868 |
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$350.00 |
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bull to be returned by the same (Sandoval) |
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$25.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by Andrés Chavez in October |
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of 1868 |
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$250.00 |
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bull by the same (Chavez) |
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$25.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by Juan Andrés Chavez in the |
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year of 1870 |
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$50.00 |
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and two small bulls in the same year |
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$20.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by Nepomuceno Vigil in October |
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of 1868 |
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$300.00 |
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bulls to be returned by Nepomuceno Vigil in 1867 |
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$50.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by the same Nepomuceno Vigil in |
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in 1869 |
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$200.00 |
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breeding cows to be returned by Antonio José Chavez in |
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Oct. 1870 |
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$100.00 |
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goats to be returned by Juan Antonio Cruz in 1867 at $1.50 |
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$75.00 |
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breeding goats and one billy goat to be returned by Juan |
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Agustín Vásquez in 1871 |
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$90.00 |
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Home Furnishings |
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painted bookcase with two doorframes and locks |
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$20.00 |
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fine quality bureau with a mirror on top |
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$100.00 |
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$7,126.00 |
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Total brought forward from the previous page |
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$7,126.00 |
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large mirror with its own frame |
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$25.00 |
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large alarm clock withframe |
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$60.00 |
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small silver pocket watch |
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$10.00 |
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mirrors with gilded frames |
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$30.00 |
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colored," |
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$10.00 |
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painted cot |
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$10.00 |
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table with drawer and cloth cover |
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$5.00 |
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chairs at 2.50 each |
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$15.00 |
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cushion,stuffed with feathers |
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$15.00 |
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wool cushions with printed cotton covers at 8.00 |
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$16.00 |
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pillows with cases |
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$2.00 |
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surge twill rugs at 4.00 |
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$8.00 |
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Used Saltillo serape |
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$5.00 |
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serape for steps(stairs) |
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$5.00 |
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used multi-colored blankets at 5.00 |
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$10.00 |
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cotton " |
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$8.00 |
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ndigo (ikat) or tapestry/bedspread |
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$6.00 |
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square designs tapestry/bedspread |
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$5.50 |
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common serapes at 1.50 |
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$4.50 |
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silver spoons |
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$6.00 |
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silver forks |
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$9.00 |
| 1 |
shaving strop with razors, mirrors and 2 cases |
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$6.00 |
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silver carafe |
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$5.00 |
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silver from a chair |
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$3.00 |
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silver plate |
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$5.00 |
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Library |
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| 1 |
Dictionary of Legislation by [Joaquín] Escriche |
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$20.00 |
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Latin Dictionary |
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$5.00 |
| 2 |
Volumes of Canon Law by [Pedro] Murillo [Velarde] |
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$40.00 |
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of Mexican and Spanish Laws by Febero |
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$45.00 |
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of the Council of Trent in Latin |
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$12.00 |
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of Scholastic Theology [Gotti] |
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$25.00 |
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Volume of the Latin Bible |
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$5.00 |
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of Moral Theology |
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$5.00 |
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Volumes of Philosophy, Geometry and Latin Algebra in Latin |
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$21.00 |
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[Francois Para du Phanjas, Abbé/ S.J.] |
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Tomes of Sermons |
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$15.00 |
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" of the Dictionary of Philosophy |
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$25.00 |
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Miscellaneous |
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large trunk trimmed with iron, lock and key |
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$20.00 |
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$25.00 |
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used powder-muskets and two handguns |
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$4.00 |
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hoe |
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$1.50 |
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used metal shovels |
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$3.00 |
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used yoke of a cart |
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$50.00 |
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sieve |
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$2.00 |
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$7,733.50 |
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Total from the previous page |
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$7,733.50 |
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forge bellows, anvil, vice, diestock, sledgehammer, [ordinary] |
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hammer, horseshoe hammer, a pair of tongs, and other |
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smaller items |
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$25.00 |
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The Oratory and its property |
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| 33 3/4 |
varas of land long, 21 1/4 wide in the plaza Don |
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Fernando upon whose land there are two Oratories and two |
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Cemeteries, the number of varas abovementioned is apart |
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from what is taken up by the walls |
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$1,000.00 |
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white classic vestment, with Alb, complete with other attire |
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$100.00 |
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Silver and gold pyx for the Viaticum |
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$5.00 |
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purple vestment, with Alb, complete with other attire |
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$50.00 |
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rochet or surplice |
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$1.00 |
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black vestment and cope, complete (with all atire) |
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$100.00 |
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white silk vestment, complete (with all attire) |
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$30.00 |
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chalice with everything (paten) and bag for safekeeping |
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$60.00 |
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pair of crystal cruets |
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$1.00 |
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silver " |
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$10.00 |
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small box with oils and other necessities for baptizing |
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$2.00 |
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small Roman Missal |
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$20.00 |
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silver hourglass with oils and stole |
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$3.00 |
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pitcher of calamine |
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$8.00 |
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wafer boxes, one to make hosts, and the other to safeguard them |
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$3.00 |
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chest that contains the vestments with lock and key |
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$4.00 |
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birettas and 24 linen maniples [finger towels] |
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$3.00 |
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new cassocks |
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$12.00 |
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breviaries, 1 Missal in Castilian, and 2 small manuals for |
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baptisms y burials |
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$35.00 |
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Turkish cloth (monks' cloth) |
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$10.00 |
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[monks' cloth] (muslin) |
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$16.00 |
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big bell |
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$80.00 |
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pitcher and lavabo dish of white china |
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$8.00 |
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mirror |
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$1.50 |
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paintings [Stations of the Cross] |
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$6.60 |
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cope, reliquary and altar stone |
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$6.00 |
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small bells |
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$3.00 |
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book rest |
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$1.50 |
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censer |
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$1.00 |
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table |
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$4.00 |
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bench |
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$2.00 |
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$9,263.10 |
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Note: error in addition of $82.00+ |
Actual total |
$9,345.10 |
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Total from previous page |
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$9,263.10 |
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painting of the Imaculate Conception |
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$10.00 |
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large portraits |
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$60.00 |
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statues |
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$10.00 |
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crystal candleholders |
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$3.00 |
| 1 |
chandelier of China |
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$2.00 |
| 1 |
small rug |
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$2.00 |
| 1 |
altar table with side drawers |
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$8.00 |
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lampshades [sconses] |
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$4.00 |
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small lampshades [sconses] |
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$2.00 |
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candle-holders |
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$0.60 |
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chandelier with 16 candle-holders |
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$2.50 |
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lanterns |
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$2.00 |
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cross with processional candles |
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$5.00 |
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confessional with its chair |
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$10.00 |
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lamps |
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$1.00 |
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statues of [wooden] saints |
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$5.00 |
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tall processional cross and canopy |
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$3.00 |
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statues |
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$20.00 |
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crystal candle-holders |
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$2.00 |
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tin " |
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$0.50 |
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large altar stone |
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$10.00 |
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small |
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$5.00 |
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tabernacle |
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$4.50 |
| 1 |
pulpit with stairs |
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$6.00 |
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altar table, handrails and a small table |
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$16.00 |
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paintings with tin frames |
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$12.00 |
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painting of the Immaculate Conception |
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$5.00 |
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Actual Total |
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$9,556.20 |
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NOTE: original document had no final total. VMM
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| I have concluded this Inventory in Don Fernando de Taos on this 10th day of October1867 A. D. |
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Santiago Valdez (seal) |
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Administrator Pro Tem |
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of said property estate |
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Observation |
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| The debts incurred to the Estate do not appear here because they have been recorded incashbooks and it will be necessary that the debtor be present for [debt] liquidation in |
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| order to clear all debts. |
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| At present there has been no time to do this and when it is done, it will appear as |
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| continuation of this Inventory. |
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Santiago Valdez (seal) |
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Admin. Pro tem |
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| We, the undersigned, duly certified evaluators, certify that the amount placed on said |
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| items listed in the preceding Inventory is a fair and impartial valuation of the real estate |
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| and personal properties of the estate of the Presbytery Antonio José Martinez, deceased, |
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| and presented before us by Santiago Valdez, Administrator Pro Tempore |
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Done by our hand and seal in Don Fernando de Taos on this 28th day of October |
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| 1867, A. D. |
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Pablo Martinez (Seal) |
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Diego Santistevan, (Seal) |
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Evaluators |
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| Presented, received, examined and approved in open Court this 4th day of November 1867 |
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Juan Santistevan, (Seal) |
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Probate Judge |
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| I certify that the preceding Inventory has been literally copied from the original, by me on this 6th day of the month of Nov. 1867 |
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Leandro Martinez (Seal) |
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Clerk of the Probate Court |
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