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Source:
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Reel 38, Frame 775
[Translation] Doña Elena Gallegos, widow of Santiago Gurule and resident of the mining district of Bernalillo - I appear before your Excellency asking that all the privileges under the royal laws be allowed me, and I say that I register the brand on the margin in order that I may brand my stock and horses so that no person may rob me, and with the condition that I and my children may take possession of any animals or stock branded with the said brand if the same should not have been counter-branded. Therefore, I ask your Excellency to make me a grant in the name of His Majesty of the said brand in order that I may use it for my own and this I hope to obtain through the (torn) of your Excellency and I swear in one form of law that I act in good faith and in that which is necessary do.
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