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The Mexican War

Title	Date	From Archive Folder	Document Type

Title	Date	From Archive Folder	Document Type
A. A. Galpin to John D. Moore about his expedition to Santa Fe and plans in case he does not return	16 June 1841	Documents Relating to 1841	Correspondence; Military document
Abraham Lincoln to David B. Campbell about Lincoln's stance on the Mexican War	27 June 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to Jesse W. Fell announcing the war's end	1 March 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Abraham Lincoln to William H. Wilson re: did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War	3 November 1860	Documents Relating to the 1860s	Correspondence
Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]	11 April 1847	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]	11 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Broadside
Albert Sidney Johnston to Eliza Griffin Johnston regarding the movements of his division	15 September 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Andrew Jackson to James W. Breedlove regarding the treatment of prisoners captured by the Mexicans during the Mexican War	27 February 1843	Collection of nine letters from Andrew Jackson to James Winchester and James Breedlove	Correspondence
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to the Minister of War regarding the Mexican War	21 December 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
Antonio Santa Anna to Cosme Furlong describing the battle of Cerro Gordo [in Spanish]	17 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Authorization to affix the seal of the United States	4 August 1851	Documents Relating to 1851	Government document
Authorization to affix the Seal of the United States to a proclamation of war with Mexico	13 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Government document
B. Gillespie to Edward Burleson on the Vasquez expedition and archives war	29 April 1842	Documents Relating to 1842	Correspondence
Benjamin G. Holland to his sister about fighting for Texas with the "Louisiana Grays"	7 February 1836	Documents Relating to 1836	Correspondence
Carte de visite of General Robert E. Lee	ca. 1848-1861	Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era	Photograph
Certificate for bounty land for Francis Hunt	30 June 1838	Documents Relating to 1838	Military document
Certificate of merit	25 November 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Military document
Charles F. Force to Manning Force about life in the army and plans to go whaling	16 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Circular letter regarding declaration of war on Mexico	14 May 1846	Texana collection	Correspondence; Government document
Circular letter To The People of Texas	10 December 1835	Documents Relating to 1835	Broadside; Government document
Circular letter "To the People of Texas" with an attack on Sam Houston	10 January 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Pamphlet
Commission of George Morgan, First Lt. of artillery in army of republic of Texas	7 June 1837	Documents Relating to 1837	Government document; Military document
The Complaint of Mexico, and conspiracy against liberty [Texas]	1843	Documents Relating to 1843	Pamphlet
Comunicaciones [in Spanish]	6 March 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Broadside
Confidential letter discussing the Mexican War	9 October 1853	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
Congressional Globe, New Series No. 4	23 December 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Newspapers and Magazines
Daniel M. Kingsbury to his mother, Mrs. A. B. Kingsbury, regarding the Battle of Monterrey	14 October 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Daniel Webster to his son Daniel Fletcher Webster regarding the transfer of his other son's body from Mexico City and other family and politics matters	4 March 1848	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster	Correspondence
David Emanuel Twiggs to William Marcy regarding Captain L. P. Graham	12 November 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Military document
David G. Burnet to Thomas W. Ward regarding the annexation of Texas	11 March 1845	Letters to Thomas W. Ward	Correspondence
Decree secularizing California missions and opening them to colonization	26 November 1833	Documents Relating to 1833	Broadside
Diario de viage de la Comision de limites que puso el gobierno de la Republica bajo la direccion del exmo. sr. general de division d. Manuel de Mier y Teran [in Spanish]	1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Book
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	1847	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	1847	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	n.d.	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	13 February 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	1847	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	17 September 1849	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	22 March 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	13 October 1847	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	15 February 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	14 February 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	14 February 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	17 September 1849	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	13 February 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Document written by Antonio López de Santa Anna [in Spanish]	29 March 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Doniphan's expedition	1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Book
E. J. Crockett to Thomas Ward about an interment of remains	20 November 1848	Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war	Correspondence
Edmund Kirby to Silas Wright regarding a plan to raise and command a New York regiment in the Mexican War	26 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Military document
Emily Virginia Mason to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee	24 April [1871]	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
Enos D. Hopping to Mrs. Hopping regarding military plans in Mexico	6 August 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
Fitz-John Porter to Henry Jackson Hunt recalling his experience in the Mexican American War	25 March 1871	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
For Brigadier General Shields. Official Report of the part performed by the 1st Reg. U.S.V. of N.Y. in the investment and capture of the City of Mexico	ca. 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
Frank Wheeler to his mother about dining with Santa Anna	15 July 1847	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Franklin Pierce to Jane Pierce regarding his duties and experiences during the Mexican War	12 July 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Frazer Persifor Smith to R. Welman Nichols regarding the capture of Mexico City	26 October 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Friends of the Country, Irrespective of Party!	ca. 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Broadside
General orders - No. 281	8 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
General orders no. 101 regarding the trial of a free African American man	9 April 1847	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
General orders No. 128	30 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
General orders: [Nos. 19 and 20]	18-19 February 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 101	9 April 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 11	7 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 13	10 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 135	4 May 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 14	11 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 15	11 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 18	15 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 190	26 June 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 192	28 June 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 20	17 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 211	12 July 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 246	5 August 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 249	6 August 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 262	24 August 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 27	20 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 28	22 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 281	8 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 282	10 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 283	10 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 284	14 September 1847	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
General orders: No. 284	14 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 286	16 September 1847	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
General orders: No. 286	16 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 287	17 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General Orders: No. 287	17 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
General orders: No. 290	19 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 291	19 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 293	20 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 294	21 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 296	22 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 297	24 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 298	24 September 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 3	3 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 305	1 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 31	27 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 316	16 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 318	22 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 322	23 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 325	26 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 327	28 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 329	30 October 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 331	1 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 34	28 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 340	6 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 345	12 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 353	19 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 355	20 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 356	20 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 357	24 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 358	25 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 359	1 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 360	26 November 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 362	2 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 365	6 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 367	7 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 370	12 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 371	13 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 372	12 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 378	18 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 382	23 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 390	26 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 393	29 December 1847	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 45	4 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 47	7 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General Orders: No. 5	15 July 1846	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
General orders: No. 54	12 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 59	18 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General orders: No. 8	5 January 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
General Scott's victorious entry into the City of Mexico Sept. 14th 1847	1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Artwork
General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso	1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
General Taylor at Monterey	1858	Portraits of historical figures: engravings, lithographs, photographs	Artwork
General William Scott	ca. 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Artwork
George Henry Thomas to John W. Thomas regarding his hopes for after the Mexican War	31 August 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
George W. Hockley to Edward Burleson regarding Vasquez's expedition	6 March 1842	Documents Relating to 1842	Correspondence; Military document
Gift acknowledgement by New York Historical Society for Mexican musket to Thomas Ward	10 December 1847	Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war	Miscellany
Gustave Toutant Beauregard to John Quitman	17 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Persifor F. Smith re: Mexican War, brevets, discusses his role in the battles	28 May 1851	Documents Relating to 1851	Correspondence
H. I. Mapen to Robert E. Moore reporting conditions in the south and migration north	29 June 1847	Collection of John B. Moore letters	Correspondence
Henry Clay to Adam Beatty about Polk's demand and supports Taylor for president	29 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory	1844	Documents Relating to 1844	Broadside
Inventory of the effects of men late of "A" Co. 5th Infy who died in Mexico from the 1st October to 31st December 1847	1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Military document
J B M to John Cripps discussing the death of a friend and financial matters	31 July 1853	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Buchanan to Edward D. Gazzam regarding Texas and the annexation treaty	13 April 1844	Documents Relating to 1844	Correspondence
James Buchanan to John Serretta concerning Mexican priests serving in the United States	21 November 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
James Buchanan, to Robert Tyler discussing the Wilmot Proviso	25 February 1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Correspondence; Government document
James Duncan to Isaac Faurot re: army's movement on Monter[r]ey	23 July 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
James Duncan to Isaac Faurot re: struggle in Mexico	8 August 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
James Gadsden to E. Burr requesting a report detailing the conditions in Mexico	19 July 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to J.T. Leguarenne Writes regarding the delivery of Cayuacan	9 January 1858	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps	1 November 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps about an upcoming meeting with President Pierce	22 June 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps asking for news regarding acceptance or rejection of the treaty	30 May 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps complaining about his lack of correspondence	24 October 1858	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps discussing accommodation arrangements in Mexico	31 May 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps discussing the reclamation of their losses before the government steps in and Gadsden is forced to discuss the matter with President Buchanan	7 August 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps discussing the work that needs to be done with regards to the government and people of Mexico	18 July 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps expressing disappointment over the Committee on Foreign Affairs' slowness in passing the treaty	9 March 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps expressing disappointment with his ambiguous reports from Mexico	8 May 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps recounting an unsuccessful meeting with Marcy	30 June 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps regarding bargaining for a strip of land	8 August 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps regarding a commission to repair Mexico City	30 May 1853	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps reporting having received a letter from Washington discussing angry correspondence	7 May 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps reporting that the treaty is before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations and expects a favorable decision	22 February 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps talking about politics and most current issues in Washington	23 May 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps telling him that the treaty is still being decided on, and ranting about the way things should be done	22 March 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps. Gadsden writes to his Secretary to promptly fix what will become Gadsden's recall	23 June 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Gadsden to John Cripps. Mentions an upcoming interview with President Pierce	6 January 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
James Henderson to Thomas Ward regarding recruiting soldiers	4 August 1846	Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war	Correspondence; Military document
James Longstreet to George W. Crawford about promotion	21 February 1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Military document; Correspondence
James Polk to John Y. Mason about boats for crossing the Rio Grande	21 September 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Government document
James Reily to Thomas W. Ward regarding a diplomatic report from Washington	29 April 1842	Letters to Thomas W. Ward	Correspondence; Government document
James Reily to Thomas W. Ward regarding the possible annexation of Texas to the United States	31 December 1843	Letters to Thomas W. Ward	Correspondence
James Reily to Thomas Ward on impending war	11 June 1841	Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war	Correspondence; Military document
Jefferson Davies to Thomas Taylor regretting his inability to attend a Mexican War reunion.	7 February 1881	Documents Relating to the 1880s	Correspondence
John Anthony Quitman to unknown cancelling a portrait appointment	28 March 1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Correspondence
John Charles Fremont to E.M. Kerne about authorization to enlist men	22 October 1846	Documents concerning American explorers, adventurers and naturalists	Correspondence
John Ellis Wool to Martin J. Townsend concerning the Battle of Buena Vista and its aftermath	20 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt discussing the biography of Robert E. Lee	ca. [1872]	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
John F. Lee to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's crossing of the pedregal and the Ku Klux Klan	18 February 1871	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
John Moore to Mary Moore outlining future plans and dreams	29 October 1846	Collection of John B. Moore letters	Correspondence
John Porter Hatch to Eliza M. Hatch about a temporary cease fire	18 April 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
John T Pickett to John Cripps regarding his friends and law and order south of the border	3 April 1854	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
Joseph B. Plummer to Mr. Clark about Vera Cruz in the Mexican War	15 July 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Joseph C. Robinson to "Editor" about the Texas-Mexico War	1 June 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Government document
Joseph Eggleston Johnston to M. S. Worth	16 January 1870	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
Lette to Francis Bassett from Solomon Lincoln concerning Mexico	31 January 1847 - 23 March 1848	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Letter from Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige regarding his personal possessions and politics	5 January 1846	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster	Correspondence
Letter to Daniel Webster warning of an upcoming crisis in the US government	10 January 1848	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster	Correspondence
Letter to Francis Bassett from Solomon Lincoln concerning Mexico	31 January 1847 - 24 March 1848	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Letters of marque and reprisal authorizing Silas Dinsmore to seize Mexican ships	2 December 1835	Documents Relating to 1835	Government document; Military document
The life of the late Rear-Admiral John Drake Sloat, of the United States navy, who took possession of California and raised the American flag at Monterey on July 7th, 1846	1902	Documents Relating to the 1900s	Book
Lorenzo Thomas writes to John Anthony Quitman, transmitting orders regarding camp	September 4, 1846	Civil War generals from border states: 33 letters and documents	Correspondence; Military document
M B to John Cripps discussing a cancelled visit	3 April 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
Maine newspaper with full page announcement the pro-emancipation "State Liberty Convention" on 3-4 July 1845	June 1845	Documents Relating to 1845	Newspapers and Magazines
Map of the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies, with parts adjoining	1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Map
Map of the valley of Mexico which has been a field of battle	1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Map; Military document
Margaret Worth to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding mutual acquaintances	25 January 1870	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
Margaret Worth to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding mutual acquaintances	21 December 1869	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
Margaret Worth to Henry Jackson Hunt regarding mutual acquaintances	7 February 1865	Collection of Henry Jackson Hunt	Correspondence
Maria de Jesus Nunez to John Cripps	26 January 1857	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
Matthew Calbraith Perry to David Connor discusses visiting Captain George E. Lambert of HMS Endymion regarding two prisoners	8 December 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Message from the President communicating a copy of The Constitution of California	13 February 1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Pamphlet; Government document
Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States	8 February 1837	Documents Relating to 1837	Pamphlet; Government document
Message of the President... repelling the invasion... by the Mexican forces	11 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Pamphlet; Government document
Mexican War and post-war diary	1845-1849	Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era	Diary
Military Convention for the Provisional Suspension of Hostilities	6 March 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Broadside; Military document
Nathaniel Wyche Hunter to Sarah R. Golding about the Mexican War	2 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)]	12 September 1850	Collection of abolitionist newspapers	Newspapers and Magazines
New York Weekly Tribune Vol. 5, no. 41, whole no. 249	20 June 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Newspapers and Magazines
Note from Ulysses S. Grant to Thomas S. Jesup forwarding a muster roll	24 October 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
Notes of a military reconnoissance [sic] from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers	1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Book
Orders for the arrest of Mexican soldiers	22 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
Orders No 12	26 September 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Military document
Orders no 25	4 May 1847	Documents Relating to 1846	Military document
Orders No. 1	19 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 14	25 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 17	3 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 18	6 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 22	9 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 23	9 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 27	16 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 3	20 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 37	23 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 38	24 March 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 4	21 February 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 47	4 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 59	11 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 6	7 June 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Military document
Orders No. 65	17 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 69	20 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 75	24 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 78	27 April 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 90	11 May 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No. 95	17 May 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
Orders No.103	23 May 1848	Mexican War Orderly Book, 26th Infantry , USA 1847-1848	Military document
P. J. Roe to Sarah Whiteman reporting the death of four soldiers from the measles	14 February 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Pass For George P. Digges to deliver Santa Anna's terms of surrender	4 July 1836	Documents Relating to 1836	Military document
Petition to the Honorable Senate of the United States of America from officers protesting at L. R. Quimby's promotion	17 September 1845	Documents Relating to 1845	Military document
Photograph of General John A. Logan memorial statue	n.d.	Undated Documents of Gilder Lehrman Collection 1860-1945	Photograph
Printed correspondence between John A. Quitman and Mississippi's delegates to Congress	27 May 1846	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
Proceedings of a Board of Survey	25 June 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Proclamation by Mexican President Barragan making Los Angeles a city [in Spanish]	23 May 1835	Documents Relating to 1835	Broadside; Government document
Promissory note	12 February 1835	Documents Relating to 1835	Business and financial document
Promissory note to Francis W. Johnson	5 June 1834	Documents Relating to 1834	Business and financial document
Propositions for peace. Message from the President of the United States	11 February 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet; Government document
R.E. Caffrey to Joseph Humphreys regarding the Mexican War	22 July 1845	Archive of Confederate general & family re: plantation and slaves	Correspondence
Raphael Semmes to David Conner describing the destruction of the brig Creole	28 November 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Military document
Receipt for $50,000 in subsistence funds for U.S. occupation of Mexico	17 April 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Business and financial document
Refusal to furnish instructions to Mr. Slidell. Message from the President	13 January 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet; Government document
Report of the Committee on the Judiciary with the views of the minority of that committee on bill S. 350, for the admission of California into the Union as a state	15 January 1849	Documents Relating to 1849	Pamphlet; Government document
Report on the United States and Mexican boundary Survey...	1857-1859	Documents Relating to 1858	Book
Report to Minister of War [in Spanish]	19 November 1847	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Report to Minister of War and Navy [in Spanish]	1847-1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Report to Minister of War regarding his patriotism, injustices by the press and passport [in Spanish]	22 January 1848	Documents written by Santa Anna	Military document; Government document
Resolution of the legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery	19 February 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Pamphlet; Government document
Resolution of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the extension of slavery	19 February 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Pamphlet; Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, on the subject of the Compromise measures of the 31st Congress	6 August 1852	Documents Relating to 1852	Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in reference to the Compromise measures passed by the Congress of the United States	8 March 1862	Documents Relating to 1852	Government document
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey in favor of the Compromise measures	11 February 1862	Documents Relating to 1852	Government document
Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery	3 March 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Pamphlet; Government document
Rewards to deserters of the U.S. Army	15 August 1847	Collection of Mexican War printed orders	Military document
Robert E. Lee to Lieut. G. W. Smith on awaiting ratification of the treaty with Mexico	22 May 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence; Military document
Robert E. Lee to Matilda Mason	28 March 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Robert E. Lee to Matilda Mason regarding several matters, including the layout of Mexico City	20 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Robert E. Lee to Sidney Smith Lee after coming back from the Mexican War	30 June 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Robert E. Lee to Sidney Smith Lee announcing the final ratification of a Peace Treaty between the United States and Mexico, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	21 May 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence; Government document
Robert Field Stockton to John Ericsson about moving boilers in a ship	4 March 1843	Documents Relating to 1843	Correspondence
Robert Lee to John MacKay discussing general issues	30 January 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Robert Maskell Patterson to Winfield Scott discussing field tactics and investigations	14 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
Rochester Daily Advertiser Extra. [Mexican War]	31 March 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Newspapers and Magazines
Sam Houston to Alfred E. Burr asking for articles to be sent to him	31 December 1851	Album of letters to Alfred Burr and Henry Deming	Correspondence
Sam Houston to Gen. Edward Burleson regarding the Mexican invasion of 1842	10 April 1842	Documents Relating to 1842	Correspondence
Sam Houston to Judge W. Hardin and Capt. William M. Logan requesting they mobilize the militia	10 June 1837	Documents Relating to 1837	Correspondence; Military document; Government document
Sam Houston to Thomas W. Ward regarding predicting peace with Mexico and Indians	25 August 1842	Letters to Thomas W. Ward	Correspondence
Sam Houston to Thomas W. Ward regarding Santa Anna	15 July 1842	Documents Relating to 1842	Correspondence
Samuel Francis DuPont to Stevens about the Mexican War	12 October 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Samuel Shethar to unknown discussing the Compromise of 1850	22 August 1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Correspondence
Scott's campaign in Mexico, from the rendezvous... to the taking of the city	1849	Documents Relating to 1849	Book
A short statement of the causes which led to the war with Mexico...	June 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Siege of Veracruz	1858	Portraits of historical figures: engravings, lithographs, photographs	Artwork
Special Requisition	6 June 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom	1848/06/30	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech of Hon. Joshua R. Giddings...on the bill to raise a company of sappers, miners, and pontoniers	12 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Pamphlet
Speech of John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, on the increase of the army in Mexico	6 January 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, in relation to the Mexican War...	14 May 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Cabell, of Florida, on the Mexican War	4 March 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut against the extension of slave territory	9 February 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Duer, of New York, on the origin of the war with Mexico...	14 February 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom	30 June 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the war and the public finances	27 January 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
Speech on the Declaration of War on Mexico in the House of Representatives	12 January 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet
State Register Vol. 1, No. 1-36 [Lincoln] [damaged issue no. 2]	8 June - 3 September 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Newspapers and Magazines
Storming of Chapultepec	1866	Portraits of historical figures: engravings, lithographs, photographs	Artwork
T. Butler King's report on California...	1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Pamphlet; Government document
Taking possession of Monterey: Message from the President of the United States	22 February 1843	Documents Relating to 1843	Pamphlet; Government document
Texas Declaration of Independence	2 March 1836	Documents Relating to 1836	Broadside
Thomas J. Kessler to Mary L. Kessler reporting that they may be heading to Mexico within a month and that no furloughs have been granted to their regiment	6 February 1864	Collection of Thomas J. Kessler, G company, 1st regiment, Michigan, sharpshooters	Correspondence
Thomas J. Rusk to Thomas W. Ward regarding the location of a seat of government and settlement of the "archive war"	23 September 1843	Letters to Thomas W. Ward	Correspondence; Government document
A tour of duty in California; including a description of the gold region: and an account of the voyage around cape Horn with notices of lower California, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and the principal events attending the conquest of the Californias	1849	Documents Relating to 1849	Book; Artwork
Tratado de paz, amistad, limites y arreglo definitivo entre la Republica mexicana y los Estados-Unidos de America [in Spanish]	1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Pamphlet; Government document
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo	8 February 1849	Documents Relating to 1849	Government document
Ulysses S. Grant to George Gibson regarding a robbery in Mexico	12 October 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence
Ulysses S. Grant to Thomas S. Jesup transmitting a summary statement and muster roll of non-commissioned officers and privates from the 4th Regiment	30 September 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence; Military document
The War with Mexico reviewed	1850	Documents Relating to 1850	Book
Warren D. Hall to Thomas J. Rusk concerning Houston's retreat in the "runaway scrape"	30 March 1836	Documents Relating to 1836	Correspondence; Military document
Wellington Cleveland Burnett to his parents about his enlistment and his promotion to sergeant	4 April 1848	Documents Relating to 1848	Correspondence; Military document
William Jenkins Worth to Robert J. Walker introducing Colonel Bohler	30 April 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
William O. Butler to Lynn Boyd discussing results of a political convention	16 January 1852	Documents Relating to 1852	Correspondence
William Wallace Handlin to James Gadsden thanking him for all his kindness and help while he was living in Mexico City	24 August 1856	Collection of letters to John Cripps, General Gadsden's Secretary	Correspondence
Winfield Scott to James W. Abert about increasing the corps of topographical engineers	20 April 1838	Documents Relating to 1838	Correspondence; Military document
Winfield Scott to unknown regarding Captain William Stephen Walker	21 April 1853	Documents Relating to 1853	Correspondence; Military document
Zachary Taylor to the Adjutant General of the Army regarding a report	26 August 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to an army general regarding the need for replacements after 13 volunteer regiments are discharged	20 March 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence; Military document
Zachary Taylor to E.B. Alexander waiting for orders near the Rio Grande during the Mexican War	28 January 1846	Documents Relating to 1846	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Jefferson Davis regarding various matters, including family, the Secretary of War and Health	ca. March-May 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Robert C. Wood about running for the Presidency	16 May 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Robert C. Wood regarding Taylor's family	3 August 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Robert Crooke Wood	19 October 1847	Documents Relating to 1847	Correspondence
Zachary Taylor to Thomas W. Ringold on current military matters	2 April 1846	Presidential collection	Correspondence; Military document

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