MEXICO, AZTEC, SPANISH AND REPUBLICAN: A HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL, STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL BY THE SPANIARDS TO THE PRESENT TIME; WITH A VIEW OF THE ANCIENT AZTEC EMPIRE AND CIVILIZATION; A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE WAR; AND NOTICES OF NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA. BY BRANTZ MAYER, FORMERLY SECRETARY OF LEGATION TO MEXICO IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I. HARTFORD: S. DRAKE AND COMPANY. MDCCCLIII. 1 ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by SIDNEY DRAKE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut. A. ALVORD, PRINTER 29 Gold-st. N. Y. ΤΟ ΤΗΕ 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. |