737

(NEW MEXICO)

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(NEW MEXICO)
<b>737. NEW MEXICO </b> Interesting frontier letter describing New Mexico, 4pp. 8vo., Colorado Springs, May 26, 1875, in which E. W. Mead write to his sister, in part: <i>"...Greater part of the population of Las Vegas [N.M.] are Mexicans and the houses are built of mud baked in squares similar to brick...five times as many dogs as people which keep up a melodious roar...poorer class of Mexicans do their traveling on burros or jackasses and I was quite amused to see a great lazy Mexican on one of those little jacks. Their feet almost touch the ground...</i>". Also mention of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak. Very good.<b> $50-75</b>