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Fiasco : George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854 / edited by David J. Weber and Jane Lenz Elder.

Van Pelt Library F786 .C219 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
Contributor:
Weber, David J.
Elder, Jane Lenz.
Series:
DeGolyer Library series ; no. 6.
Degolyer Library series ; no. 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904--Correspondence.
Gardner, G. Clinton.
Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
Surveyors--United States--Correspondence.
Surveyors.
Surveyors--Mexican-American Border Region--Correspondence.
Boundaries.
History.
Mexican-American Border Region--Surveys.
Mexican-American Border Region.
United States--Surveys.
United States.
Surveys.
Mexico--Surveys.
Mexico.
United States--Boundaries--Mexico--History--19th century.
Mexico--Boundaries--United States--History--19th century.
Southwestern States--History--19th century.
Southwestern States.
Genre:
Surveys.
Correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Physical Description:
xliv, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Other Title:
George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854
Place of Publication:
Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press : William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies : DeGolyer Library, 2010.
Contents:
To New Orleans and Panama, February 13-June 22, 1849
Initial points, Camp Riley and the Gila, July 23-October 31, 1849
"Glorious state of uncertainty," November 15, 1849-July 2, 1850
Finishing the California line, July 23, 1850-June 1, 1851
Home for a day and off to El Paso del Norte, September 7-October 20, 1851
Frontera, Texas, a "derned mean" country, November 27, 1851-May 16, 1852
"God knows what will become of the survey": down the Rio Grande to Ringgold Barracks, May 30-December 11, 1852
Back to the Rio Grande, then home again, January 2-November 18, 1853
Resignation and new adventures, January 25-April 13, 1854
Appendix: a chronological list of the correspondence.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780870745621
087074562X
OCLC:
466772516

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