MEXICO, AZTEC, SPANISH AND REPUBLICAN: A HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL BY THE SPANIARDS TO THE PRESENT TIME: TO THE HONORABLE HENRY CLAY: MY DEAR SIR: I take the liberty to inscribe these volumes to you as a testimonial of personal gratitude. In the midst of engrossing cares you have often been pleased to turn aside for a while to foster those who were following the humbler and quieter walks of litera ture; and it is, naturally, their delight to offer for your acceptance. upon every suitable occasion, an acknowledgment of cordial thankfulness. Allow me, then, as the only tribute I can tender, to present a work designed to illustrate the history and resources of one of those American States which were summoned into the brotherhood of nations by your sympathy and eloquence. I am, with the greatest respect, Your friend and servant, BALTIMORE, JULY, 1850. BRANTZ MAYER. 80569 |