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[Mexican War]. George Wilkins Kendall. Inscribed Copy of The War Between the United States and Mexico...
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[Mexican War]. George Wilkins Kendall. Inscribed Copy of The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated Embracing Pictorial Drawings of All the Principal Conflicts. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851. Textblock only. Elephant folio (18 x 24 inches) in paper wraps. [1], 51 pages with inserted Map of the Operations of the American Army in the Valley of Mexico in August and September 1847.This is the accompanying text volume to Kendall's series of lithographs depicting the Mexican American War (lithographs not present). Inscribed by Kendall on the title page, "To [name removed] Esq. / with the warmest regards of his old friend, Geo. Wilkins Kendall."
George Wilkins Kendall (1809-1867) was a journalist who owned a New Orleans newspaper and accompanied a group of Texans on the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. He was captured by Mexican soldiers along with the rest of the group and marched 2,000 to prison in Mexico City. Along the way he kept notes and sent dispatches to his newspaper that became the basis of his book, "Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition." He returned to Mexico in 1846 as a member of Capt. Benjamin McCulloch's Texas Ranger company, acting as both soldier and war correspondent. He was at the storming Monterey and was later assigned to the staff of Gen. William J. Worth. He witnessed the landing of Taylor at Vera Cruz and took part in the Mexico City Campaign where he was wounded during the Battle of Chapultepec.
Condition: Heavy wear to covers including soiling, abrasions, and several areas of loss, one just touching the title; spine reinforced with later cloth. Moderate foxing throughout; title page with long closed tear, repaired with cello tape; name at inscription scratched away, resulting in minor paper loss; over-opened at gutters. Map moderately toned.
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2026 February 26 Historical Manuscripts & Texana Signature® Auction #6328 (go to Auction Home page)
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