Item #22578 Message from the President of the United States, with Copies of the Correspondence in Relation to the Boundary of Texas, Called for by a Resolution of the Senate. January 31, 1850. Zachary Taylor.

Message from the President of the United States, with Copies of the Correspondence in Relation to the Boundary of Texas, Called for by a Resolution of the Senate. January 31, 1850

[Washington]: 1850.

Softcover. Very good. Senate Document 24, 31st Congress, 1st Session. 37 pp, disbound. Very good. At the request of the Senate--in response to concerns expressed by Texas Governor J. Pinckney Henderson about the actions of Stephen Kearney in New Mexico -- the President provides "all official correspondence, since 4th of March last, between this government and the military authorities at Santa Fe, or with the authorities of the State of Texas, relative to the boundary or occupation of Texas, and the reasons why the judicial authority of Texas has not been recognized by the military authority at Santa Fe." Among the documents are a “List of Pueblo Indians who accompanied Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Washington...on an expedition against the Navajoe Indians” and “List of Mexicans called into the United States service for one month for the purpose of accompanying Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J.M. Washington...against the Navajoe Indians.”.

Item #22578

Price: $100.00

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