Vera Cruz: March 29, 1847. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, minor soiling and wear. A triumphant letter filled with patriotic fervor, describing the Battle of Veracruz, written by an American soldier to folks back home in Indiana. Writing on March 29th, the day the siege ended, Corporal..... More
Camp near Vera Cruz: March 29, 1847. [2]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, minor wear to address leaf. A brief letter written by American soldier Wilkes Slocum to his mother back home during the Mexican-American War, describing his current naval assignment and mentioning the Battle of Vera Cruz..... More
Toluca: February 11, 1847. Broadside, 16.75 x 12 inches. Previously folded. Faint dampstaining at left corners. Two small wormholes, affecting one letter of text. Otherwise, minor edge wear and light dust soiling. Unrecorded printings of two decrees by the legislature of the State of Mexico at Toluca that sought to..... More
Puebla: March 12, 1847. Broadside, 12.75 x 8.5 inches. Minor soiling and wear. A rare broadside that prints the thanks and admonitions of the Governor of Puebla, Domingo Ibarra, following an attempted insurrection there in late February and March 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The uprising was a part of..... More
San Luis Potosi: September 18, 1847. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Three small staples at left margin. Light wear and toning. Unrecorded bando printing of this emergency decree, originally issued September 14, 1847, stating that under the circumstances of the war with the United States, Santa Anna and the..... More
Huatusco: May 31, 1847. Broadside decree, 17.5 x 11 inches. Printed on lined paper. Previously folded, with a couple of very small losses at central fold. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and toning. A rare broadside decree that establishes guidelines for the collection of funds and donations for..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta del Aguila, 1846. 20pp. Original printed wrappers, Light creasing and dust soiling to wraps, faint dampstaining at lower edge. Even tanning. A rare example of this official rulebook for Mexican privateers, issued at the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. Approved by the Secretary of War and Marine..... More
Mexico City: April 20, 1848. [2]pp., plus docketing, on a quarto bifolium. Previously folded. Some separation along fold lines. Four-inch tear from opening, repaired with tape. Light tanning and a couple of fox marks. In a neat, legible script. Writing on April 20, 1848, to his cousin Edward Moulton in..... More
Mexico City: November 17, 1847. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded, two small tape repairs on blank verso. Small chip at upper left corner. Contemporary manuscript rubrics. Light toning and dust soiling. This scarce order was issued by the Archbishop of Mexico two months after the capture of..... More
Mexico City: 1848. 3pp. Printed on a single folded sheet. Dbd. Old vertical fold, minor foxing. A rare United States Army field printing pertaining to a notable incident that occurred during the Mexican-American War. In early January 1848, Lt. Col. Miles was ordered by Brig. Gen. Twiggs to take command..... More
Mexico City: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1847. 12pp. 12mo. Dbd. Trimmed somewhat close at fore-edge. Closed tears from bottom edge of final three leaves near gutter margin. Light tanning. Amidst the Mexican-American War and rising unrest within the country, the Mexican government sought to pacify protests and create a sense..... More
Mexico City: M. Castro, 1851. 28pp. Small octavo. Removed from a sammelband. Leave just about loose; small stab holes at gutter. Light, even tanning. A political "casualty" of the Mexican-American War addresses his "amigos" in the Mexican Congress. Ignacio Serra y Rosso was a sycophant of Santa Anna, who gave..... More
Mexico City: 1847. [4]pp. Folio. 20th-century dyed calf, front board gilt lettered. Previously folded, with some creasing and small separation at old horizontal fold. Light tanning, scattered staining and soiling. Very scarce Spanish translation of General Zachary Taylor's official report to the United States Army on the Battle of Buena..... More
[Guadalajara, Jalisco: July 8, 1848]. 16pp., printed in two columns in parallel Spanish and English. Folio. Contemporary plain paper wrappers with manuscript title, stitched. Front wrapper detached, rear wrapper partially perished. Light even toning to text, small stain to bottom margin of first leaf, tiny hole in last two leaves..... More