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PRISONERS AND PRISONS

Carpenter, William W.

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN MEXICO IN THE COURSE OF
New York: Harper & Brothers,

JOURNEYS OF UPWARD OF 2500 MILES

1851. 300 p. F1213.C29. (1851)

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The author joined a Kentucky Volunteer regiment and served in the war. Captured by the Mexicans, he saw many areas of Mexico during his captivity.

ENCARNACION PRISONERS:

COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MARCH OF THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY FROM LOUISVILLE TO THE RIO GRANDE, TOGETHER WITH AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF THE AMERICAN PRISONERS, INCLUDING INCIDENTS AND SKETCHES OF MEN AND THINGS ON THE ROUTE AND IN MEXICO. By a prisoner. Louisville, KY: Prentice and Weissinger, 1848. 96 p. E412.E56 Rare book.

Concerns the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry which was captured by Mexican troops and imprisoned.

Haynes, Martin A. GEN. SCOTT'S GUIDE IN MEXICO. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. NOAH F. SMITH. Lake Village, NH: Reprint from "Lake Village

Times," 1887. 58 p. E411.S37.

Smith resided in Mexico for many years and aided American prisoners of war during the war.

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etc.

CIRCULAR. Washington, DC: 1895. 1 p. E401.1.A32.
Advertises purpose of the club, membership qualifications, fees,

COMPLIMENTARY DINNER GIVEN BY THE AZTEC CLUB OF 1847 TO THEIR HONORED PRESIDENT, MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT PATTERSON, AT DELMONICOS IN NEW YORK, JANUARY 6, 1880. n.p.: 1880? 29 p. E401.1.A35.

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AZTEC CLUB OF 1847 AND LIST OF MEMBERS.
E401.1.A36.
Washington, DC.

Library has: 1893, 1896, 1900, 1909, 1928.

ORIGINAL LIST OF MEMBERS BELONGING TO THE AZTEC CLUB, FOUNDED IN THE CITY OF MEXICO, A.D. 1847, BY OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. n.p.: 1879? 7 p. E401.1.A4.

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PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES ATTENDING THE PRESENTATION OF A SILVER CENTREPIECE REPRESENTING AN ANCIENT AZTEC TEOCALLI TO THE AZTEC CLUB AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1892, BY COL. DE LANCEY FLOYD-JONES, U.S. ARMY. New York: Press of J. J. Little & Co., 1892. 26 p.

E401.1.A5.

Guadalupe Club of 1848, Washington, D.C. CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE GUADALUPE CLUB OF 1848; ORGANIZED NOVEMBER 15, 1906. Washington,

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A club for female relatives of Mexican War regular and volunteer officers of all the services.

Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States.

REGISTER OF

THE MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL
COMMANDERY. New York. E181.M64R2.date NWC.

Library has: 1896, 1897, 1900. Lists of members include Mexican
War veterans and/or their descendants.

Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States. Connecticut Commandery.
REGISTER
New Britain, CT: Press of the New Britain Record
E181.M65.C7 NWC.

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Library has: 1899, 1902.

POLITICAL HISTORY

Bemis, Samuel Flagg, ed. THE AMERICAN SECRETARIES OF STATE AND THEIR
DIPLOMACY. New York: Pageant Book Co., 1958.

E183.7.B4.v. 5-6 AWC.

Vol. 5, p. 127-304.

Buchanan

c1928.

Secretaries John C. Calhoun and James
Texas and the Mexican War. Sections written by St.
George Leakin Sioussat.

A DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. 4th ed.
Henry Holt and Co., 1955. 1018 p. E183.7.B41.1955 AWC.

New York:

Chapters XIII-XIV.

York:

A SHORT HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY.
Henry Holt and Co., Inc., 1959. 737 p. E183.7.B422
Chapter 5.

New

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Bourne, Edward G. The proposed absorption of Mexico in 1847-48. IN American Historical Association. ANNUAL REPORT. 1899. Vol. 1, p. 155-169. E172.A60.1899.v. 1 AWC NWC.

Speech

MANIFEST DESTINY.

Breese, Sidney. "Let us expand to our true and proper dimensions."
in the Senate, 1848. IN Graebner, Norman G., ed.
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1968. p. 215-220.
E179.5.G72.

Calhoun, John Caldwell.

Correspondence addressed to John C. Calhoun, 18371849. Edited by Chauncey S. Boucher and Robert P. Brooks. IN American Historical Association. ANNUAL REPORT. 1929. p. 125-533, 551-570 (Index). E172.A60.1929

AWC.

Correspondence of John C. Calhoun. Edited by J. Franklin
Jameson. IN American Historical Association. ANNUAL REPORT. 1899.
Vol. 2. 1218 p.
E172.A60.1899.v. 2 AWC NWC.

"Draw a defensive line." Speech in the Senate, 1848. IN
Graebner, Norman G., ed. MANIFEST DESTINY. Indianapolis, IN:
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1968. p. 220-234.
p. 220-234. E179.5.G72.

SPEECH OF MR. CALHOUN, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE BILL MAKING
FURTHER APPROPRIATION TO BRING THE EXISTING WAR WITH MEXICO TO A
SPEEDY AND HONORABLE CONCLUSION, CALLED THE THREE MILLION BILL.
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 9, 1847.
Washington, DC: Printed by John T. Towers, 1847. 16 p. E407.C3.

Cass, Lewis. Expansion as "our safety-valve." Speech in the Senate, 1847.
IN Graebner, Norman G., ed. MANIFEST DESTINY. Indianapolis, IN:
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1968. p. 156-159. E179.5.G72.

Washington, DC?:
Washington, DC?:

THE MEXICAN WAR: SPEECH OF HON. LEWIS CASS IN THE SENATE OF
THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 10, 1847.
Printed at
the office of Blair & Rives, 1847. 16 p. E407.C322.
Discusses causes of the war and reasons he will vote in favor

of the war appropriations bill.

Chase, Lucien Bonaparte. HISTORY OF THE POLK ADMINISTRATION.
George P. Putnam, 1850. 512 p. E416.C48.

New York:

Footnotes often quote portions or entirety of documents.

Cocke, William Michael. SPEECH OF MR. WILLIAM M. COCKE, (OF TENNESSEE),
IN REVIEW OF THE WAR, ITS COSTS, AND EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE; DELIVERED
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, MAY 18, 1848.
Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1848. 14 p. E407.C57.
Attacks Polk's administration and provisions of the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Corwin, Thomas. An opponent of the war, 1847. IN Hart, Albert Bushnell, ed. AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD BY CONTEMPORARIES. Vol. IV: Welding of the nation, 1845-1900. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1901, p. 24-25. E173.H25. (1897-1901). v. 4 NWC.

"Show Mexico you are sincere when you say you desire nothing by conquest." Speech in the Senate, 1847. IN Graebner, Norman G., ed. MANIFEST DESTINY. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1968. p. 160-171.

E179.5.G72.

Davis, Garrett. SPEECH OF MR. G. DAVIS, OF KENTUCKY, ON THE MEXICAN WAR
AND THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE U.S., DECEMBER 22, 1846. Washington, DC?: J. & G. S. Gideon,
printers, 1846? 16 p. E407.D3.

Discusses causes of the war as proposed by Polk's administration, blames Polk for the war, for assuming extra powers, etc.

Dayton, William Lewis.

SPEECH OF WM. L. DAYTON, OF NEW JERSEY, ON THE MEXICAN WAR, THE PLANS AND CONDUCT OF THE CAMPAIGN. DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JAN. 27 AND 28, 1847. Washington, DC?: J. & G. S. Gideon, printers, 1847? 16 p. E407.D33.

Against a bill to raise ten additional regiments of regular

troops.

Dix, John Adams. SPEECHES AND OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES.
Appleton and Co., 1864. 2 v. E415.6.D6.

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Speeches on aspects of the war made by Dix as U.S. Senator from New York.

Dix, Morgan. MEMOIRS OF JOHN ADAMS DIX. Compiled by his son. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. 2 v. E415.9.D6D6.

Dix's activities in the Senate.

Duer, William. SPEECH OF MR. DUER, OF NEW YORK, ON THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR WITH MEXICO, AND THE OBJECTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN ITS PROSECUTION, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U. STATES, FEBRUARY 14, 1848. Washington, DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1848. 14 p. E407.D85.

Blames Polk and his administration for the war and cites annexation of Texas as a major cause.

Dunning, William Archibald. THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE UNITED STATES; A
REVIEW OF THEIR RELATIONS DURING THE CENTURY OF PEACE FOLLOWING THE
TREATY OF GHENT. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914; Kraus
Reprint Co., 1969. 381 p. E183.8.G7D92.
Chapter III.

Erickson, Hjalmar.

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CERTAIN FACTS BEARING UPON MAJOR WARS IN WHICH
THE UNITED STATES HAVE [SIC] BEEN ENGAGED . . Washington, DC:
Army War College, January 14, 1925. Typescript.
23 l.
AWC Archives 71-23.

Includes letter from Erickson to Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall. Comments on responsibility for the Mexican War and includes two typed leaves of "An act providing for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico."

Fuller, John Douglas Pitts. THE MOVEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF ALL MEXICO, 1846-1848. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1936. 174 p.

E407.F85.

Discusses expansionists who wanted to seize all of Mexico, not just California and the Southwest.

E407.F852.

Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1969. 174 p.

Giddings, Joshua R. Joshua Giddings versus slavery and southern power. Speech, House of Representatives, 1844. IN Graebner, Norman G., ed. MANIFEST DESTINY. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., E179.5.G72.

1968. p. 63-69.

SPEECHES IN CONGRESS. New York: Negro Universities Press,

1968. 511 p. E415.6.G452.

p. 97-400.

Various sections on the annexation of Texas and the

Mexican War. Reprint of 1853 ed.

Harmanson, John Henry. SPEECH OF MR. J. H. HARMANSON, OF LOUISIANA, ON THE
MEXICAN WAR. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 12,
1847. Washington, DC: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1847.
E407.H3.

14 p.

Speech supporting Polk and the war--made as a result of the Wilmot amendment to the Three Million Dollar appropriation bill.

Houston, Samuel. THE WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1813-1863. Austin, TX: The
University of Texas Press, 1938-1942. 7 v. F390.H84A2 NWC.
Vol. 4-7. Materials written during the Mexican War period.

of Robert M. T. Hunter, 383 p. IN American

Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro. Correspondence
1826-1876. Edited by Charles Henry Ambler.
Historical Association. ANNUAL REPORT. 1916. Vol. 2.
E172.A60.1916.v. 2.

Hunter was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia. Various material on Texas and the Mexican War.

King, Daniel Putnam.

SPEECH OF MR. DANIEL P. KING, OF MASSACHUSETTS, ON
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL AND THE MEXICAN WAR. DELIVERED IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S., FEB. 4, 1847. Washington,
DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1847. 16 p. E409.5.S7D8.
King opposed the war.

Learned, Henry Barrett. Cabinet meetings under President Polk. IN American Historical Association. ANNUAL REPORT. 1914. Vol. 1, p. 229-242. E172.A60.1914.v. 1.

McCulloch, Hugh. MEN AND MEASURES OF HALF A CENTURY; SKETCHES AND COMMENTS. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. 542 p. E415.7.M13.

p. 64-66. Description of speech by Senator Corwin against the war and comments thereon.

Mexico.

Treaties, etc., 1848 (La Peña y Peña). EL TRATADO DE GUADALUPE HIDALGO, 1848; TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, 1848. A facsimile reproduction of the Mexican instrument of ratification and related documents. Sacramento, CA: Telefact Foundation in cooperation with California State Department of Education, 1968. 116 p. E408.M633.

In English and Spanish.

Miller, Marion Mills, ed. GREAT DEBATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY; FROM THE DEBATES IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT ON THE COLONIAL STAMP ACT (17641765) TO THE DEBATES IN CONGRESS AT THE CLOSE OF THE TAFT ADMINISTRATION (1912-1913). New York: Current Literature Publishing Co., 1913.

14 v. E173.M64 AWC.

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