Collection of Mexican War printed orders [decimalized]

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GLC#
GLC06366
Type
Header Record
Date
1847
Title
Collection of Mexican War printed orders [decimalized]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
7 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
Mexican War
Military History
Latin and South America
Foreign Affairs
Global History and Civics

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Collection Item
Document

General orders: No. 284

14 September 1847

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Signed by H. L. Scott. Announces the capture and possession of Mexico City, though the war is not yet over. Printed on pale blue paper. Duplicate of GLC00911.13.

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GLC06366.02
Collection Item
Broadside

[General orders no. 101 regarding the trial of a free African American man]

9 April 1847

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Isaac Kirk, referred to as "a free man of color" and "a resident and citizen of the United States," is charged with, convicted of, and sentenced to hang for the rape of Maria Antonias Gallegas, a Mexican woman. Duplicate of GLC00911.02.

GLC06366.02
GLC06366.03
Collection Item
Document

Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]

11 April 1847

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

"To the sensible town of Mexico. A Proclamation." States that Americans are not enemies of peaceful Mexicans and respect their religion. Discusses martial law and the power of the army to prosecute offenders. Also mentions that all food and...

GLC06366.03
Collection Item
Broadside

General Orders: No. 5

15 July 1846

Bowman, George W., fl. 1846

Orders from Adjutant General George W. Bowman to the Volunteers of Pennsylvania requesting the enrollment of six regiments of infantry. Reply from Francis R. Shunk, governor of Pennsylvania, complies with orders and includes a list of companies...

GLC06366.04
Collection Item
Document

General orders: No. 286

16 September 1847

Scott, H.L. (Henry Lee), 1814-1886

Signed by H. L. Scott. Thanks the army for a job well done in fighting its way through Contreras, San Antonio, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, San Cosme and Tacubaya to Mexico City. Imprinted seal partially visible in bottom right corner....

GLC06366.05
Collection Item
Document

[Rewards to deserters of the U.S. Army]

15 August 1847

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876

Offers the rewards of happiness, beautiful land, and friendly people to soldiers who desert from the U.S. Army. Says that the Americans have earned nothing but contempt from Mexicans and Europeans by fighting, unprovoked, in Mexico.

GLC06366.06
Collection Item
Document

[Printed correspondence between John A. Quitman and Mississippi's delegates to Congress]

27 May 1846

Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858

Mississippi officers request a copy of the communication between Quitman and their state delegates consigning them to serve in the war. The officers are concerned that the patriotism and excitement of Mississippians will be overlooked when compared...

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