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(TEXAS & THE MEXICAN WAR.) Foote, Henry Stuart. Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West.
(TEXAS & THE MEXICAN WAR.) Foote, Henry Stuart. Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West. 2 volumes. 12mo, publisher's cloth gilt, corners bumped; new endpapers on volume II, front hinge of volume II cracked, mild foxing and dampstaining, bibliographical notes attached to rear free endpaper; bookplates on front pastedowns, signature of early owner M. McDonough on front free endpaper of volume II. 24 pages of ads. Philadelphia, 1841
- Notes: first edition. An important work of anti-Mexican propaganda. Concerning the Mexican military leadership, Foote proposes that their "extermination may yet become necessary for the repose of the continent" (II:83). "One of the most influential books on Texas in its time"--Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 63. Howes F238, Sabin 25019.
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