WITH AN IMPORTANT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MAP
217. MEXICO (Republic). LEGACIÓN (United
States). Gorostiza Pamphlet. Message from the President
of the United States, Transmitting a Copy and Translation
of a Pamphlet, in the Spanish Language, Printed and
Circulated by the Late Minister from Mexico before His
Departure from the United States &c. Washington:
HRED190, 1838. 120 pp., engraved map: Sketch of a Part
of the Boundary between Mexico & the United States, as
Far as the Red River (approximately sheet size [no
neatline]): 13.1 x 11.6 cm; 5-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches. 8vo, new
terracotta cloth, black gilt-lettered leather label. Very
fine.
First edition in English (the first edition, a
Spanish-language edition, was printed in Philadelphia in
1836 and contained the same map as in the present edition);
another edition appeared in Mexico in 1837; a French
translation was published in Paris in 1837). Howes
G6 (citing only the Spanish edition and French editions):
"Earliest [map] of the Republic of Texas." Raines, p. 95
(also unaware of this English-language edition). Streeter
1220C. The map is a decidedly simple, sparse rendering,
focusing on the eastern boundary of Texas and the Gulf of
Mexico only as far west as the Neches River. This bilingual
edition contains correspondence relative to General
Gaines’ military occupation of northeast Texas from
the Sabine to Nacogdoches for the announced purpose of
checking Indian depredations. It appears, however, that
Gaines acted more at the request of Stephen F. Austin than
U.S. authorities as he remained at Nacogdoches while the
new Texas government became organized. This affair led to
the breaking of diplomatic relations by Mexico with the
U.S. until 1839.
($300-600)