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Fiasco : George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854
- Title
- Fiasco : George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854 / edited by David J. Weber and Jane Lenz Elder.
- Author
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
- Publication
- Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press : William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies : DeGolyer Library, 2010.
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- Description
- xliv, 381 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Degolyer Library series ; no. 6
- Uniform Title
- DeGolyer Library series ; no. 6.
- Alternative Title
- George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854
- Subjects
- Mexico > Surveys
- Mexico > Boundaries > United States > History > 19th century
- Mexican-American Border Region > Surveys
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904 > Correspondence
- Southwestern States > History > 19th century
- United States > Surveys
- Surveyors > Mexican-American Border Region > Correspondence
- Surveyors > United States > Correspondence
- United States > Boundaries > Mexico > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- ICM (Mexico) 10-4382
- ISBN
- 9780870745621 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 087074562X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009047160
- OCLC
- 466772516
- Author
- Gardner, G. Clinton (George Clinton), 1834-1904.
- Title
- Fiasco : George Clinton Gardner's correspondence from the U.S.-Mexico boundary survey, 1849-1854 / edited by David J. Weber and Jane Lenz Elder.
- Imprint
- Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press : William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies : DeGolyer Library, 2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Degolyer Library series ; no. 6DeGolyer Library series ; no. 6.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Weber, David J.Elder, Jane Lenz.
- Research Call Number
- ICM (Mexico) 10-4382