The following lots (185-208) consist of ephemeral Mexican
publications that are rarely encountered. By their nature, they
were not really meant to survive. Many of them concern problems
and issues in Texas, California, New Mexico, and other Mexican
Borderland areas. They offer considerable insight into the day-
to-day pressing events that needed to be addressed by Mexico as
the Texas Revolution gradually built and unfolded. As such,
there is an immediacy about them. Sometimes the information in
this type of material cannot be found in standard sources such
as Arrillaga and elsewhere. To fully appreciate the history
north of the border, it is useful to understand the history from
The Other Side. 185. MEXICO. ARMY. DIVISIÓN DEL NORTE. GENERAL
EN GEFE. Noticia extraordinaria.... A las doce del dia de ayer
he ocupado esta plaza con las tropas de mi brigada, habiendo
convenido al Sr. general Urrea.... [Letter from Valentín
Canalizo dated Monterrey June 21, 1839, reporting on the terms
that he and Urrea have reached