VOLUME I.

NEW YORK & LONDON. WILEY AND PUTNAM.

MDCCCXLVIII.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

BRANTZ MAYER,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Maryland.

BOOK FIRST:

PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ORIGIN

OF THE WAR.

HISTORY OF THE WAR

BETWEEN

MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES.