BARREIRO, Miguel Comisario General del Exército del Norte of the Mexican Army (fl.19th century)

Resumen Instructivo, que Publica el Comisario de División del Exército de Operaciones Sobre Tejas. En él se da razon del estado que guarda la Comisaria de su cargo, así como de otros negocios relativos, que han ocurrido desde su nombramiento hasta su separación de ella, verificada el día once de marzo de 1837. [Instructional report published by the Army Division Commissioner for Texas operations. It explains the status of the Commissioner in his position, as well as other related matters that have occurred since his appointment until his departure, which took place on March 11, 1837]

Matamoros, Mexico: Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell, 1837. 4to. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). [3] 4-36 [4]. 40 pp. Engraved title-page with decorative border, Resumen Instructivo, Estado [Table] 1 by Manuel Mendiola, Estado 2 by Luis Jose de la Peza and Vicente Daza. Both estados are accounting tables giving the "ingreso" [income] and the "egreso" [expenditure] of the operation. The title carries the date of 3.11.1837, while the text sections are dated 3.14.1837. With woodcut printer's device of an eagle and fleurons. Text in Spanish.

Bound to style in 19th-century quarter red straight-grained morocco over 19th-century marble paper boards

Provenance: Hubert Hudson, Texas State Senator for Brownsville, 1957-1963

A rare report detailing the failed Mexican mission to rein in the Republic of Texas following the Texan Revolution.

"In the fall of 1836 the Mexican government attempted, with complete lack of success, another expedition into Texas." [Streeter] "Face-saving explanation for Mexico's failure against the despised Texans in 1836-7." [Howes] This official pamphlet details the failed Mexican expedition into the Republic of Texas over the period of October 21, 1836, to March 14, 1837. Barreiro, an army commissioner in charge of the operation, concludes that the "ridiculo" Texan rebels were far less dangerous than the hostile desert terrain. "No es el numero del exercito de Tejas el temible. Bien despreciable y ridiculo es ese peloton de aventureros, que piensan que es como andar en cacerias de fieras haberselas con veteranos valientes y aguerridos: es el clima, son los desiertos horrorosos, son los rios invadeables, son los pantanos." [It is not the number of the Texas army that is fearsome. Very despicable and ridiculous is that platoon of adventurers, who think that it is like going on wild beast hunts dealing with brave and seasoned veterans: it is the climate, it is the horrible deserts, it is the uncrossable rivers, the swamps.] Texas had declared its independence on March 2, 1836, a culmination of the Texan Revolution which had begun on October 2, 1835. The United States did not diplomatically recognize the Republic of Texas until March of 1837, near the publication date of this pamphlet. Texas would remain an independent nation for a decade until it was annexed by the USA on December 29, 1845.

Howes B 170. Palau 24651. Streeter sale I, 357. Streeter, Texas 918.

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Price: $9,500.00