THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, The Proceedings of the Senate thereon, and Message of the President and Documents communicated therewith; the Messages, with Correspondence Between the Executive Department, General Scott and Mr. Trist, and Other Papers and Proceedings of the Senate in relation thereto, from which the Injunction of Secresy has been removed.; In Executive Session, Senate of the U.S.

Published by [Washington, DC, 1848

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30th Congress, 1st Session, [Senate], Executive No. 52. Stitched gatherings. 25 cm. 384 pp. Unbound, untrimmed, a few pages unopened. A handful of pages bound out of order, but all present; printer's defect at p. 225, with loss to parts of four lines of text; some foxing to margins. Included here is the printing of the secret treaty [pp.38-66] known as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in English and Spanish, agreed to on Feb. 23, 1848, and originally "ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate." The "injunction of secrecy" was removed on May 31, 1848, and this first official printing of the treaty became part of the public record. It is accompanied by various papers, dispatches, etc. documenting the Senate's debates. This copy inscribed at the head of the title page to E.T. Ingraham from Hon. J.W. Bradbury, Oct. 1848. James W. Bradbury (1802-1901) was a Senator from Maine, and in 1848 was chairman of the Senate's Committee on Printing. Howes M565: "Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican war and adding to our national domain Ariz., Calif. and New Mex." The treaty was initially negotiated by Nicholas Trist, chief clerk of the State Department, without specific authorization from President Polk. In its final form, Mexico ceded significant territory, relinquished claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as its boundary with the United States. Along with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, the United States added materially to its own expansion west and fixed its southern border. [see: Handbook of Texas Online, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo article by David Pletcher]. Seller Inventory # 69420

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Title: THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ...

Publisher: [Washington, DC

Publication Date: 1848

Edition: 1st Edition