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Jose Maria Tornel Mexican War letter, 1846.
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Title:
Jose Maria Tornel Mexican War letter, 1846Tornel letter
Creator/Contributor:
Tornel y Mendívil, José María, 1789-1853, creatorAbstract:
Letter from Mexican Minister of War Jose Maria Tornel, dated July 1846, urging commissioners Andres Castillero and D. Manuel
Castanares to defend California from the United States.
Date:
1846 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMexican War, 1846-1848 -- Communications
Note:
Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil was probably born on March 1, 1795 in Orizaba, Veracruz, although some sources report his birth
date as 1789 or 1801. As an adult he became a Mexican Army general and politician, eventually serving as Minister of War.
He allied with and helped the frequent return to power of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna despite defeats in
the 1836 Texas revolution and the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. Tornel probably died in 1853, although some sources give the
date as 1860.
Tornel letter.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
1 manuscript box; 14 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.