In the foreground, American troops stab, bayonette, and pummel their Mexican enemies while one mounted American soldier battles a mounted Mexican officer. In the near background, a mounted General Taylor directs more American infantry into the battle
Alternative Title:
Battle of Buena Vista (James Baillie : 1848)
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848 by J Baillie, ...", and "American Army 4,500 men. American loss in killed & wounded about 800. Mexican Army 20,000 men. Mexican loss in killed & wounded 5,000. Run away the remainder."
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Subject: Image of General Winfield Scott on horseback at left, surrounded by troops. He points his sword towards the battle, where cannonballs fly in the air and the ground is covered in thick white clouds of smoke. Battleships are seen in the distance
Description:
Title from caption below image., Signed "F.K." in lower left corner., "American Army 12,000 men. American loss in killed and wounded about 75 men. Mexican Army 9,000 men. Mexican loss: killed about 1000, and 4,000 prisoners.", and "Agents: J. Bardsley, cor. of Arch & 2d. St. Phila. -- Joseph Ward, 52 Cornhill, Boston Mass., G.J. Loomis, no. 9 Washington St. Albany."
Publisher:
Lith. & Pub. by J. Baillie. 88 St. near 3d. Ave. N. York
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
Against a backdrop of barren hills, a seemingly impregnable fortress rises from choppy seas, approached by a handful of sailing ships
Description:
Title from caption below image., "258"--Below title., Date suggested by similarity to the print "Grand salute at Vera Cruz, from the American fleet and the Castle San Juan D'Ulloa in honor of the American flag," copyrighted 1847 and publlished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg and D. Needham., and The American occupation of San Juan de Ulúa, a Mexican military fort, occurred on 29 March 1847, at the end of the Battle of Veracruz.
Publisher:
Kelloggs & Thayer, 144 Fulton St. N.Y., E.B. & E.C. Kellogg 136 Main St. Hartford, Conn, and D. Needham, 223 Main St. Buffalo
Ibarra, Domingo, d. 1850 Puebla (Mexico : State). Governor (1846 nov. 20-Apr. 1847 : Ibarra) Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 1794?-1876
Published / Created:
marzo 17 de 1847
Call Number:
Zc50 847sxf 3/17
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Two communications from Santa Anna concerning the civil war and his return to power, one to Pena y Barragan and another to Gomez Farias, and a third communication, this from Domingo Ibarra, governor of Puebla, to Gomez Farias.
Description:
Quarto broadside.
Publisher:
Imprenta de J. Mari´a Rivera
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico --Politics and government --1821-1861
Subject (Name):
Gomez Farias, Valenti´n, 1781-1858 and Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 1794?-1876.
Subject: Central figure on horseback, Major Samuel Ringgold, falls backward with saber falling from hand; horseman, right, turns toward him, as do other soldiers in distance; horseman, left and behind, holds up hand; with fallen soldier, foreground
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Text below imprint: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1860 by John Emmins in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Publisher:
Virtue & Co. Publishers
Subject (Geographic):
Texas.
Subject (Name):
Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846 and Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846.
Subject (Topic):
Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, and Horses
Print shows General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing front, leading triumphant American troops into Mexico City during the Mexican War
Alternative Title:
General Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847
Description:
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1848, by J. Baillie, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist't. Court of the South'n. Dist't. of N.Y."
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico City (Mexico), Mexico, Mexico City, and Mexico City.
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Military service, History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Military personnel, and American
The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the New Mexican territory, caravan trading, Gen. Kearny's conquest of New Mexico, the Mexican War, her experiences of trail and pioneer life, hunting, and encounters with Indians. The first 49 pages of the journal consist of copied and original poetry.
Description:
32 loose pages (1847 June-September) with discreet pagination from front of journal are presented chronologically following p. 206. and Blanks at end (26 p.) not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State)--History, El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.)--Description and travel, Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.)--Description and travel, Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.)--History, Southwest, New--Description and travel, and Taos (N.M.)--History
Subject (Name):
Chavez y Castillo, Mariano, Cushing, Caleb,--1800-1879, Davy, Cornelius, Donaldson, James Lowry,--1814-1885, Doniphan, Alexander William, Gilpin, William,--1815-1894, Gregg, Josiah,--1806-1850, Howard, John Eager,--d. 1862, Hunter, David,--1802-1886, Kearny, Stephen Watts,--1794-1848, Kendall, Geo. Wilkins--(George Wilkins),--1809-1867, Magoffin, James Wiley,--1799-1868, Magoffin, Samuel,--1801-1888, Magoffin, Susan Shelby,--1827-1855, McDowell, Sarah Shelby,--1785-1847, Mexico.--President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga), Ortiz, Ramon, Ortiz, Tomas, Owens, Samuel D.,--d. 1847, Peck, William--(William Guy),--1820-1892, Pino, Manuel, Prentice, George D.--(Geroge Denison),--1802-1870, Prentiss, James H.,--1809-1848, Price, Sterling,--1809-1867, Robidou, Antoine,--1794-1860, Santa Anna, Antonio López de,--1794?-1876, Shelby, James,--1784-1848, Shelby, Thomas Hart,--1789-1869, Stanley, John Mix,--1814-1872, Stockton, Robert Field,--1795-1866, Swords, Thomas,--1806-1886, Taylor, Zachary,--1784-1850, Trias, Angel, Urrea, José,--1797-1849, Warner, William Horace, Washington, John Macrae,--1797-1853, Wool, John Ellis,--1784-1869, Worth, William Jenkins,--1794-1849, and Wright, George,--1803-1865
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America--Social life and customs, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Navajo Indians
Longboats full of American troops row from large sailing ships in the harbor to the Mexican shore, where several are already mustering and one has planted an American flag
Description:
"On stone by H. Dacre." and "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, by P.S. Duval ..."
Subject: Scene depicting the American forces landing on the beach at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Soldiers are seen in rowboats heading to shore, and others are seen pitching tents and unloading cannons from boats. Smoke and fire is seen in the distance
Description:
Removed from Frost, J. Pictorial history of Mexico and the Mexican war, Philadelphia, 1849, BIB 43005. and Lithographed by Wagner & M'Guigan.
Publisher:
Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
A letter discussing the inequalities and lack of scale in the brevet system which affects many of the men fighting in the Mexican War. General Kearny is disturbed that Lt. Elwell has not received a brevet promotion for his heroic service and harshly criticizes General Harney’s actions.
Subject (Name):
Boone, Nathan, 1782-1857?, Elwell, Richard S., Gibbs, Alfred, Graham, Lorimer, Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889, Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Mason, Richard Barnes, 1797-1850, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, United States. Army --Promotions, United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st, United States. Army. Cavalry, 2nd, and Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Philip Kearny, nephew of S. W. Kearny, writes to John Walker at General Scott’s office regarding a certificate of merit for the men in Company "F" 1st Dragoons, expressing his regret for the omission of a recommendation for Scott’s orderly, Macrae.
W. C. Burnett, a member of Company "E" 15th Infantry during the War with Mexico, writes home about Molino del Rey being filled with American troops, the capture of General Valencia by the Texas Rangers, the rumor that Cadwalader is going to move on to Mexico, and his own daily life.
Subject (Geographic):
Molina del Rey (Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Burnett, Lester, Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879, Texas Rangers, United States--Army--Infantry Regiment, 15th, United States--Army--Military life, and Valencia, Gabriel, 1799-1848
Letter from Zachary Tayor as Aide to the Commander in Chief, to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion concerning a previous communication by a commission dealing with contributions for Nuevo Leon. Taylor expresses satisfaction with the impartiality shown by the committee, asks the commissioners to recognize the importance of neutrality and to convey that to the people, and states his belief that no one from Nuevo Leon participated in the violence against the trains.
Subject (Name):
United States--Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Occupied territories
George Kendall's letters relate to the Texan Santa Fe expedition and his book, The War between the United States and Mexico. Accompanying these are a draft of a letter from Kendall's family to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and his answer.
Subject (Name):
Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, Kendall, Thaddeus, Rix, Catherine F. Kendall, Rix, William, 1811-1892, and United States Department of State
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841, and The War between the United States and Mexico
Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters., BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 2: On sheet 21.8 x 26.3 cm. State with imprint letters., Title from caption below image., and State without imprint letters issued in Tomes, Robert. Battles of America by land and sea (New York: Virtue & Company, 1861), volume 3, plate ahead of page 399.
Publisher:
George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):
Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):
Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters., BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 2: On sheet 21.8 x 26.3 cm. State with imprint letters., Title from caption below image., and State without imprint letters issued in Tomes, Robert. Battles of America by land and sea (New York: Virtue & Company, 1861), volume 3, plate ahead of page 399.
Publisher:
George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):
Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):
Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
List of contents laid in. and 73 lithographs, including 6 duplicates, by various artists and publishers, collected by Frederick William Beinecke. Some of the lithographs are mounted and/or colored.
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 02: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 03: On sheet 28.5 x 21.9 cm. Written in pencil at bottom right of sheet: Proof before final lettering done.
Publisher:
D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject: A group of men gather around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen on the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in from inside through a window. Various broadsides are posted on the building
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 853wo: On sheet 69 x 56 cm., Signed on plate: R.C.W. 1848., and At foot of sheet: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by the American Art Union in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Dalton
Subject (Topic):
Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon., BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848wa: Numbers 3 through 8 mounted separately on sheets 66 x 79 cm. Numbers 4 and 5 without "Naval portfolio"., and BEIN Broadsides Zc50 848waz 01: Numbers 1-4 and 6-8 wanting. Mounted on sheet 66 x 79 cm.
Publisher:
Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject: Image of General Zachary Taylor sitting on his horse, apporaching three Mexican soldiers standing at right. Taylor is surrounded by other American soldiers, and fighting can be seen in the distance
Alternative Title:
General Taylor never surrenders
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Publisher:
N. Currier
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, Soldiers, and Military campaigns
An officer pointing a sword in his right hand and carrying an American flag in his left leads an attack. He stands on a rocky slope near the muzzle of a cannon, as he exhorts his troops, two of whom have lost their shakos, to follow
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by N. Currier ...", and "424"--Below title.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau cor. Spruce St. N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Print reproduces a drawing by Jason D.L. Polhemus of New York that depicts the United States Army First Division of Volunteers encamped in a plain below mountains; troops mustered by unit are marked with numerals 1-10 in image and named in list below title caption. The top half of the image is cloudy sky above mountains
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc50 847pp copy 2: Imperfect: Sheet split in two pieces between image and caption; each piece mounted on paper boards separately. Image mounted on board 45 x 78 cm; caption mounted on board 14 x 78 cm., Title from caption printed below image., Below caption title: Fig. 1, N.Y.V.; fig. 2, 1st Penns.; fig. 3, Massts.; fig. 4, 2nd Ohio; fig. 5, S.C.; fig. 6, 2nd Penns.; fig. 7, 4th Ohio; fig. 8, Geoa.; fig. 9, Illinois, Tenne., Keny., & Inda.; fig. 10, Santa Anna's hacienda & quarters of General Patterson & staff; 1st Brigade under command of Col. F.M. Wynkoop; 2d Brigade under command of Col. Chas Brough., and Additional text below image: This picture is most respectfully dedicated to Maj. Gen. Patterson by his humble servant, J.D.L. Polhemus of the New York Volunteers.
Publisher:
F. Kuhl's lith press
Subject (Name):
Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, Mexico, 1847 and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Against a battlefield background, Major Ringgold lies stricken beneath his fallen horse
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Designed expressly for the Columbian Magazine.", and Engraving appeared in the August 1846 issue of Columbian magazine.
Publisher:
Columbian Magazine and W.L. Ormsby, printer
Subject (Geographic):
Texas
Subject (Name):
Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Sailing ships in the harbor watch over American troops camped in tents on the island
Description:
Title from caption below image., Below main image, and dividing title in half, is a small inset map of the island with title "Boat book draft of the island of Lobos, Gulf of Mexico.", "On stone by H. Dacre.", and "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, by P.S. Duval ..."
Publisher:
Published by P.S. Duval, no. 7 Bank Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico and Veracruz-Llave (State)
Subject (Topic):
Islands, Military camps, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Attack on four members of congress, Jose Maria Lafragua, Octaviano Munoz Ledo, Mariano Otero, and Jose Ramon Pacheco, who have supported the insurgents in the rebellion against the administration of Gomez Farias.
Description:
Quarto broadside.
Publisher:
Valders y Redondas, impresores
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico --Politics and government --1821-1861
Subject (Name):
Gomez Farias, Valentin, 1781-1858., Lafragua, Jose Mari´a, 1813-1875, Munoz Ledo, Octaviano, 1815-1874, Otero, Mariano, 1817-1850, Pacheco, Jose Ramon, 1805-1865, and Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 1794?-1876.
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Mexican War, 1846-1848 --Confiscations and contributions --Mexico
BEIN: Imperfect: mutilated., Broadside announces that Americans are interested in defending whites in the Yucatàn from Indian attacks., and Signed and dated at end: Jno. H. Peoples, City of Mexico, May 28, 1848.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History--Caste War, 1847-1855
Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in the war with Mexico and his political ambitions.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and United States Army Adjutant General's Office
Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in the war with Mexico and his political ambitions.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and United States Army Adjutant General's Office