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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00120 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1846 |
| Title | Joseph C. Robinson to "Editor" about the Texas-Mexico War |
| Date | 1 June 1846 |
| Author | Robinson, Joseph C. (fl. 1846) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | Robinson's retained copy of a letter written to the editor of the Newspaper "Intelligencer." Does not appear to have been published. With irrelevant docketing on the outer leaf concerning (Robinson's?) sister, initialed J.C.R. Some sentences and words have been struck in pencil. Pages 6, 8 and 13 have new salutations to the editor (intended as series of letters for publication?). Mentions Dawson's defeat, in which he was captured, attempts to escape, quotation concerning the Sierra Madre (1 p.), seeing Aztec ruins, Mexico in a state of revolution, imprisonment in the castle of Perote (near Mexico City) and his release on March 24, 1844. |
| Subjects | Mexican War Latin and South America Journalism Texas Prisoner of War Geography and Natural History Rebellion Global History and Civics |
| People | Robinson, Joseph C. (fl. 1846) |
| Theme | The Mexican War; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |