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Polybius in Griechenland vor der verbannung. Des Achäerbunds bedeutung und schicksale.--Polybius in Rom. Politische stellung der Scipionen.--Polybius der historiker. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Printed document, 439 pp. The California Constitution, following Mexican law, prohibited slavery and helped to precipitate the crisis that nearly dissolved the Union. This is a Spanish translation of the English report. ; This is basically a report of the Convention of California's debates on the creation of the new state constitution, marking the historical transition of California as Mexican territory to US territory (with a very short-lived California Republic in between). The majority of its residents at the time were Spanish-speakers, casualties of a moving political boundary.

Early edition of the Spanish Constitution, with preliminary matter not found in other copies: an engraved title page, 8 preliminary leaves containing a decree of march 1812, authorizing printing of the Constitution, a decree of 2 May 1812 ordering that the promulgation of the new Constitution be celebrated throughout Spanish dominions, and a decree of 24 May 1812 regarding how the clergy and the populace should celebrate the Constitution. The eighth leaf is a printed title for the Constitution. 134 pp.

U.S. Congressional publication. Includes correspondence by James Buchanan, John Y. Mason, Robert Stockton, et al. 49 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.

Printed document, 35pp, Large woodcut vignette on title page. Likely the first edition of the 1828 constitution.

U.S. Congressional publication. 18 pp. Includes correspondence by John Forsyth, et al. Bound with "Boundary - United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States of America," 25th Congress, First Session: Doc. No. 42 Reprinted, 96 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.

Printed document, 2pp. The first Mexico City printing of the Plan of Iguala.

Printed document, 2pp. The first Mexico City printing of the Plan of Iguala. ; This document is an English translation of the "Plan de Iguala." Translated by Cecilia Bonnor. The language of the original document is Spanish.

U.S. Congressional publication. 74 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.

A eulogy on the life and character of James Madison, fourth president of the United States delivered in Boston by John Quincy Adams.

36 p., 27 cm. ; An anonymous defense of the military leadership of Antonio Santa Anna during the Mexican-American War. The author makes use of the battle orders issued by General Santa Anna to his subordinate commander Gabriel Valencia and General Valencia's replies during the hours leading up to the battle of Churubusco, as well as those issued during the height of the battle itself. The defeat suffered by the Mexican Army led directly to the advance by the United States forces onto the grounds of Chapultepec and their final entrance into Mexico City itself. His analysis of the specific intent contained in Santa Anna's orders and the failure of his commanders to follow through leads the author to the conclusion that Valencia and others were guilty of insubordination rather than simple confusion, as they had claimed in the aftermath of the battle.

194 page handwritten journal ; On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. This journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico. Lamar went on to serve the Republic of Texas' second President.

Volume 1 of 2 (601 p.), 23 cm. ; Filisola was an Italian-born soldier who fought in Mexico's war of independence from Spain, rising through the ranks and ultimately commanding the force which liberated Mexico City in 1821. He served in Guatemala during the period of Iturbide's annexation of that country and in various other capacities in the years before the revolution in Texas, where he was Santa Anna's second in command. The first volume of his memoirs describes the frontier-like state of the northern provinces, the constant warfare with the Comanches and other tribes, the effect on Texas of the war with Spain, and the controversial decision to allow Anglo settlers and their families to repopulate the mission towns. Filisola analyses the unexpected consequences of the Anglo influx, including the rise in criminal activities such as smuggling, a growing resistance to the central authority in Mexico City, and the various demands for greater autonomy in matters of taxation and the raising of militias. The reorganization of the Mexican Army is discussed, and there are descriptions of the personalities involved on both sides of the coming conflict, including Stephen F. Austin and Santa Anna.