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That Disturbances Cease: The Journals of don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1697-1700

John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller · University of New Mexico Press, 2000

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That Disturbances Cease by John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller, front board
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That Disturbances Cease by John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller, signed half-title page
signed half-title page
That Disturbances Cease by John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller, copyright page
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That Disturbances Cease by John L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller, title page
title page

That Disturbances Cease is the volume of the Vargas journals for 1697 to 1700, after Diego de Vargas's first term as governor, when his successor Pedro Rodríguez Cubero held him in Santa Fe and investigated him. Its parts run from the succession to the governorship and the case against Vargas and Juan Páez Hurtado to the business of government, the Vargas encomienda, and Vargas's departure from Santa Fe in 1700.

This copy is the 2000 first edition, and John L. Kessell signed the half-title page. Facing the title page is the title page of an indictment against Vargas printed in Mexico City, reproduced from Henry R. Wagner's The Spanish Southwest.

First edition, 2000, signed by John L. Kessell

The copyright page reads '© 2000 by the University of New Mexico Press' and 'First edition,' with ISBN 0-8263-2143-7, and John L. Kessell signed the half-title page. This is a University of New Mexico Press book; see how University of New Mexico Press states its first printings.

AuthorJohn L. Kessell; edited with Rick Hendricks, Meredith D. Dodge and Larry D. Miller
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
Year2000
ISBN9780826321435
EditionFirst edition, 2000, signed by John L. Kessell
SignedYes. Signed by John L. Kessell on the half-title page.
ConditionMaroon hardcover with a gilt title label, no dust jacket.
TopicSpanish colonial New Mexico
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