New Spain and the Anglo-American West; historical contributions presented to Herbert Eugene Bolton ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hackett, Charles W. (Charles Wilson), 1888-1951, editor.

Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993, editor.

Mecham, J. Lloyd (John Lloyd), 1893-1992, editor.

Binkley, William C. (William Campbell), 1889-1970, editor.

Goodwin, Cardinal, 1880-1944, editor.

Rippy, J. Fred (James Fred), 1892-1977, editor.

Ross, Mary, compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953.

Bolton, Herbert Eugene.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Colonies.

History.

Southwest, Old--History--Sources.

Southwest, Old.

Southwest, New--History--Sources.

Southwest, New.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Sources.

Mexico.

Spain.

North America.

New Southwest.

Spain--Colonies--North America.

West (U.S.)--History--Sources.

West (U.S.).

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States.

Territorial expansion.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

[Los Angeles] : [Privately Printed], [1932]

Contents:

I. New Spain: Herbert Eugene Bolton: an appreciation. The secret visita against Viceroy Mendoza, by A.S. Aiton. Gonzalo de Aranda, first report of his services in New Spain, by B.W. Wheeler. Francisco de Urdiñola, governor of Nueva Vizcaya, by J.L. Mecham. The conviction of Don Juan de Oñate, New Mexico's first governor, by G.P. Hammond. Don Andrés de Arriola and the occupation of Pensacola bay, by I.A. Leonard. Policy of the Spanish crown regarding French encroachments from Louisiana, 1721-1762, by C.W. Hackett. The Sonora frontier of New Spain, by Donald Rowland. Alexander O'Reilly and the Spanish occupation of Louisiana, 1769-1770, by D.K. Bjork. Antonio de Bonilla and Spanish plans for the defense of New Mexico, 1772-1778, by A.B. Thomas. American penetration into Spanish Louisiana, by Lawrence Kinnaird. S. Louis during the British attack of 1780, by A.P. Nasatir. Alexander McGillivray and the Creek crisis, 1783-1784, by John Caughey. Napoleon and the independence of New Spain, by John Rydjord.

II. The Anglo-American West: Pike on the upper Mississippi, 1805-1806, by Wilhelmina G. Stockwell. Adventures of George Nidever, by W.H. Ellison. The Oregon memorial of 1838 and its singers, by C.J. Brosnan. The annexation of Texas, by C.T. Neu. Thomas Oliver Larkin: Description of California, by Cardinal Goodwin. A report from the first Indian agent of the upper Plate and Arkansas, by L.R. Hafen. Barstow's recollections, by R.K. Wyllys. Reports from a Texas agent in New Mexico, 1849, by W.C. Binkley. Josiah Gregg in California, by O.C. Coy. Diary kept by Mrs. Maria A. Belshaw, by Joseph Ellison. Writings and cartography of Herbert Eugene Bolton, by Mary Ross (p. 245-252) List of Bolton students.

Notes:

"A documentary collection ... Volume I has been edited by Professors Charles W. Hackett ... George P. Hammond ... and J. Lloyd Mecham ... volume II by Professors William C. Binkley ... Cardinal Goodwin ... and J. Fred Rippy."--Pref.

OCLC:

1515810