Worth, G. A. =362=Papers: Library of Congress.
Worth, W. J. =363=Papers: W. R. Benjamin Collection.
Worth, W. J. =364=Papers: Mrs. K. S. Hubbell.
Wyse, F. O. =365=Papers: Miss Mary Wyse.
Yale University. =366=Collection (University Library).
Yell, Archibald. =367=Papers: Mrs. R. H. Fitzgerald.
Map Division, Library of Congress. =369=Map of Palo Alto.
Taylor, Zachary. =370=Papers: Mrs. W. R. Stauffer.
Mitchell, W. I. =371=Statement.
Hyde, George. =372=Statement of Hist. Facts on
California: Bancroft Coll.
Evans, Joseph. =373=Narrative: Justin H. Smith.
Conner, David. =374=Letters: Henkels catalogue.
Madigan, P. F. =375=Collection.
Nicholson, A. S. =376=Recollections (verbal).
Willing, Wildurr. =377=Paper on Scott's operations
(published later).
Winthrop, R. C. =378=The Mexican War Bill (Massachusetts
Hist. Soc.)
De Witt, John. =379=Collection (see also No. 138).
Transcriber's Note
There are three types of notes in the text. The lettered notes
(originally asterisks) were printed as standard footnotes on each page.
References to these notes now appear in brackets as [A], [B] and so on.
The notes themselves have been moved to directly follow the paragraph
within which they are referenced. Occasionally, an asterisk is used for
some other purpose, usually preceding rather than following a word or
phrase, and remain asterisks.
Numeric references referring to the extensive Notes section of the text
appear as bracketed numbers, e.g., [1.3]. Unlike standard footnotes,
the references to those notes in the text are themselves not necessarily
consecutive, nor are they unique. To assist in consulting those notes
using search features, the chapter number has been prefixed to each,
using Arabic numerals, as [2.1], [2.2], [3.3], etc. Notes for the
Preface are prefixed with 'P'. Any internal references directing
attention to another note have also been changed.
Within the Notes, there are =bold= numbers prefixed to key words (e.g.,
'=123=keyword') which serve as references to sources, to be found
in the Appendix. There may be multiple references to the same source.
The logic behind this system is explained by the author in his Preface,
and in more detail in [P.5] of the Notes to that Preface.
In general, Spanish names, when used in English phrases, are printed
without accents. The country is referred to as 'México' when the
language is Spanish, and 'Mexico', without the accent, when in English.
On occasion, the printer fails to observe this distinction, as on p.
xviii: "and a plan in [Mexico] á través de los Siglos". These are
considered as printer's errors, and have been corrected here.
Where variants in spelling occur in quoted passages, they are always
retained.
The name of the town of Matamoros is spelled, occasionally (pp. 177,
468), as 'Matamoras'. The variants are retained.
The word 'manoeuvre' is sometimes printed with an 'oe' ligature. In this
text, as noted above, no distinction can be made.
At the end of the final paragraph of Chapter III, there is a reference
to Note 41 of that chapter, which does not exist. Either the note was
not included, or the reference was misnumbered. The anchor is retained.
The following table describes other textual issues, and the resolution
of each. The [x/y] annotations mark the additions, deletions or
substitutions made to the text. Minor inconsistencies of punctuation in
the Notes have been silently corrected. On several occasions, letters
or numbers have gone missing from the images used to prepare this text.
Where no reasonable conjecture is supportable, an empty bracket [ ]
indicates the spot.
p. xviii [9]. Battles of Monterey. Central '9' is missing.
Operations
and a plan in M[e/é]xico á través de los Corrected.
Siglos
p. 57 to accomplish anything[.] Added.
p. 91 extend our ter[r]itory by conquest Corrected.
p. 95 the minister proce[e]ded to Vera Cruz Added missing 'e'.
p. 99 "the i[n]gnominious loss of national Removed spurious
integrity" 'n'.
p. 149 made Arista commander[-]in-chief The hyphen is
missing on the
line break.
p. 177 rei[e]nforcements Removed extraneous
'e'.
could probably h[o/a]ave taken Corrected.
p. 301 seven hundred National [oe/G]uards Corrected printer's
error.
p. 372 tha[t] he might be able Added missing 't'.
p. 402 Coch[e]let Added missing 'e'.
p. 412 dates given as 'fractions'
p. 415 Bankhead, nos. 108 of 1844; [ ], 17, The first numeral
is indistinct,
may be 2, 3, 8.
p. 424 (_[i]bid._, 94; Ho. 351; 25, 2, Added missing 'i'.
p. 431 to cast a gratuit[u]ous aspersion Removed gratuitous
'u'.
p. 438 Carreño, Je[f]es Added missing 'f'.
p. 440 Watson, Taylo[e/r], 113-4 A reference to
Watson, Taylor
appears earlier.
None to 'Tayloe'.
p. 476 Housto[u]n, Texas May refer to
'Houston', but is
retained.