Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (5 results)

74pp. Dbd. Very good. The U.S. Congressional printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the House issue, ending the Mexican-American War and giving the United States all of the present Southwest. HOWES M565 (ref). MALLOY, p.1107.

8vo., (8 x 5 inches). Original buff printed paper wrappers (edges and head of spine chipped, modern ink date "1848" at head of front wrapper). Provenance: with the ownership inscriptions of the Cabildo of Puebla at the head of the front wrapper and inscribed by the author to the Cabildo on the verso; with the author s statement on penultimate page dated in type, Queretaro, April 17, 1848; with Dorothy Sloan, Sale 23, April 4th, 2013, lot 431 First edition. Under the conditions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed on February 2, 1848, which ended the Mexican American War, Mexico was required to cede California and New Mexico to the United States and to recognize the Rio Grande as the southern and western boundary of Texas. The border between the two nations was fixed at the Rio Grande and the United States pledged to protect the rights of Mexicans living in the newly acquired areas. This pamphlet contains Rejon s vehement arguments against the inevitable losses to Mexico of the treaty, which will be "the death of Mexico. He argues that nothing will stop Yankees and thousands of emigrants from overwhelming Mexico itself. He saves particular condemnation for those who recommend the treaty, calling them delusional: "Señores, es nuestra sentencia de muerte se nos propone en esos funestos tratados, y me admira que haya habido mejicanos que los hubiesen negociado, suscrito y considerado como un bien para nuestro desgraciado pais. Esta sola circunstancia me consterna y me hace desesperar de la vida de la republica" (p. 34). Finally, he objects to the way in which the treaty was negotiated and ratified, raising several technical and legal objections to the manner in which it was done. Despite a measure of restraint and elegance, this is a bitter piece of writing" (Dorothy Sloan). Rejon held numerous offices as a Mexican politician during his lifetime, "including being a congressional delegate several times, serving as Ministro de Relaciones Interiores y Exteriores, and being Mexico s ambassador to South America. Rejón s greatest contribution that caused him to be compared to Thomas Jefferson, Alexis de Tocqueville, and other liberal thinkers, was his introduction into the Mexican legal system the concept of the writ of amparo, the legal procedure aimed at protecting human rights. Rejón first initiated this concept in the drafting of the Constitution of Yucatan in 1840, but it was only with the 1857 constitution of Mexico that a procedure for protecting human rights was fully adopted in Mexico" (Dorothy Sloan). Eberstadt, Texas: 162:850. Garrett & Goodwin, The Mexican-American War, p. 98: "Critical of the provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo." Howell, California 50:166. Howes R186("b"). Sabin 69161 & 56444. Tutorow 4139. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

8vo., (9 x 5 4/8 inches). Text in Spanish and English (persistent worm trails, expertly repaired from page 37). Modern tan calf, gilt, original printed paper wrappers bound in. First complete edition, second edition overall, of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American War, with the important protocols added at the end, which were necessary for the conclusion of the peace treaty. Apparently more scarce than the first edition, which was printed at Queretaro a few months previously. During the Mexican-American War, General Winfield Scott was accompanied by Nicholas Trist, a State Department official empowered to negotiate a peace treaty for the United States. Trist was initially rebuffed by the Mexican authorities and summoned back to Washington. However, as the war drew to a close, he proceeded with negotiations at Guadalupe Hidalgo, near Mexico City. Under the terms of the resulting treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, Mexico was required to cede California and New Mexico to the United States and to recognize the Rio Grande as the southern and western boundary of Texas. The border between the two nations was fixed at the Rio Grande and the United States pledged to protect the rights of Mexicans living in the newly acquired areas. Cowan II, p. 252; Howes M565; Palau 339389; Streeter 282.

55pp., printed on facing pages in parallel Spanish and English. Original printed wrappers bound into modern Mexican calf, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles. A few light fox marks, else near fine. The official Mexican printing of the final text of the landmark Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War and delivering to the United States its current territory in the Southwest. This printing closely follows the Queretaro edition produced just a few months earlier, but contains added protocols excluded from that earlier printing. The full text appears here in both English and Spanish, on facing pages. Pages 46-49 contain the text of amendments made to the treaty by the United States Senate, followed by a statement of Pena y Pena, dated May 30, 1848, accepting the modifications, and concluded by a Protocol dated May 26 attempting to put the best light on the treaty from the Mexican point of view. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war between the United States and Mexico, resulted in the formal cession of the entire Southwest and California to the United States. Agreements were reached for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, the payment of Mexican claims, and the formal cession of territory (the U.S. had already occupied all of the land). The theoretical boundaries were set out, and arrangements for boundary commissioners were made. By this treaty the U.S. obtained an addition of land equalled in size only by the Louisiana and Alaska purchases. A fundamental piece of Western Americana, here in the official Mexican edition of the complete treaty, and scarce on the market. STREETER SALE 282. PALAU 339389. GARRETT, p.91. COWAN, p.252. HOWES M565, "aa." EBERSTADT 162:847. MALLOY, p.1107. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 104.

2 parts in one volume. 4to., (9 2/8 x 6 4/8 inches). Text in Spanish and English. Modern tan tree calf, gilt, original printed paper front wrapper bound in, uncut. First edition, of the Mexican printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, accompanied by the "Esposicion" in which the Mexican signatures give their reasons for ceding so much territory to America. During the Mexican-American War, General Winfield Scott was accompanied by Nicholas Trist, a State Department official empowered to negotiate a peace treaty for the United States. Trist was initially rebuffed by the Mexican authorities and summoned back to Washington. However, as the war drew to a close, he proceeded with negotiations at Guadalupe Hidalgo, near Mexico City. Under the terms of the resulting treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, Mexico was required to cede California and New Mexico to the United States and to recognize the Rio Grande as the southern and western boundary of Texas. The border between the two nations was fixed at the Rio Grande and the United States pledged to protect the rights of Mexicans living in the newly acquired areas. Cowan II, p. 252; Howes M565; Palau 339388; Streeter 281.