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Papers relating to William G. Dryden : typescripts, 1839-1939.
BANC MSS M-M 1735LOCAL
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Title:

Papers relating to William G. Dryden : typescripts, 1839-1939

Abstract:

Papers re the trial, imprisonment, and damage suit of Dryden, a U.S. citizen charged by the Mexican government with complicity in the 1841 attempt of Texas to annex New Mexico through the armed Santa Fe expedition organized by President Lamar of Texas.
V. 1 contains correspondence between W.E. Bard and Herbert I. Priestley of the Bancroft Library re Bard's research on the Dryden case, 1939.; V. 2 contains notes and transcribed material on the case from records in the National Archives of the United States, records of the Department of State.

Date:

1839 (issued)

Subject:

Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841
Expédition texane de Santa Fe, 1841
Dryden, William G

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 20-31 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS M-M 1735LOCAL

Origin:

Mexico