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 copy 1: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 2: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 3: 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 copy 1: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 2: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 3: 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 copy 1: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 2: On sheet 31.7 x 23.8 cm., and BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 3: 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
