Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  Beginning Of A Chapter In Frost'S The Mexican War And Its Warriors, 1848

  title Beginning Of A Chapter In Frost'S The Mexican War And Its Warriors, 1848 

  description Pages 328-[329] in John Frost. The Mexican war and its warriors: comprising a complete history of all the operations of the American armies in Mexico. Philadelphia: H. Mansfield, 1848. This item was displayed in the Doheny Library Treasure Room reopening exhibit, 2001-2002, as part of the display on the library's Boeckmann Center.  The Boeckmann Center holds many rare works involving nineteenth-century Mexico. Appended to John Frost's publication is one of the earliest English-language versions of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement, also known as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The controversial accord, which marked the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, forced Mexico to cede to the United States a vast region of the desert southwest, including California. 

  artist/creator H. Mansfield 

  subject Frost, John, 1800-1859. The Mexican War And Its Warriors : Comprising A Complete History Of All The Operations Of The American Armies In Mexico  Books 

  contributor Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)