Ant. Lopez de S^ta Anna

BATTLE of PALO ALTO 8^th. May 1846.

Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.

BATTLE of RESACA de la PALMA 9^th May 1846.

Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.

HISTORY OF THE WAR

BETWEEN

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES,

WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF ITS ORIGIN;

BY

BRANTZ MAYER,

FORMERLY SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES LEGATION IN MEXICO,
AND AUTHOR OF "MEXICO AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS."

Ne dites à la posterité que ce qui est digne de la posterité.—Voltaire.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK & LONDON.
WILEY AND PUTNAM.

MDCCCXLVIII.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by
BRANTZ MAYER,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Maryland.

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