Conflict and Acculturation: Manuel Alvarez’s 1842 Memorial

Description

Author: Chávez, Thomas E.

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 1989

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  Warmly inscribed by the author on title page.  Gilt on spine and front board still sharp, easily readable.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket:  Fair.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Upper front cover edge has an approx. 1/4″ tear.   Scuffing to front and rear covers.   Some edge and corner wear.

Notes:  Talk about playing both sides against the middle:  Manual Alvarez was a Santa Fe trail trader, Spain’s consul to New Mexico, but was believed to be an American citizen by none other than Secretary of State Daniel Webster.  From a hospital bed in Missouri in 1842, Alvarez wrote a 32 page report to Webster, detailing the problems facing American citizens living and doing business in New Mexico, not the least of which was the Texan attempt to conquer Santa Fe in 1841 (see https://joethebookguy.com/shop/memoir/narrative-of-the-texan-santa-fe-expedition-comprising-a-description-of-a-tour-through-texas-and-across-the-great-southwestern-prairies-the-camanche-and-caygua-hunting-grounds-with-an-account-of-the/  and   https://joethebookguy.com/shop/new-mexico/the-texan-santa-fe-pioneers/  )  That report is the basis for this volume, detailing the problems of Mexicans and Americans in New Mexico, in the years prior to the Mexican-American War.  Warmly inscribed by Chávez to the previous owner.