[Mexican-American War]: Rodriguez Galvan, Antonio:

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CALENDARIO DE A. RODRIGUEZ PARA EL AÑO DE 1849. A scarce Mexico City almanac and ecclesiastical calendar for 1849, featuring a twenty-page article on the American occupation, among other references to the Mexican-American War throughout. Each month's calendar is headed by a zodiacal woodcut and ends with one or more short poems, quotes, aphorisms, or terrible jokes. A handful of smaller articles include the history of Corpus Christi celebrations and a travelogue, titled "Un Paseo a Tula," accompanied by a full-page woodcut of a "Ranchero." The text ends with a summary of the final military actions in the Valley of Mexico, supplemented by several tables of statistics about the American and Mexican forces.The lion's share of the publication is the opening article, titled "Breve Reseña Histórica de los Principales Acontecimientos Ocurridos con Motivo á la rebelion de la colonia de Tejas y Guerra con los Estados-Unidos de Norte-America." The article, preceded by a portrait of Winfield Scott, opens grimly with a quote from Jeremiah 1:13: "'What do you see?' And I said, 'I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the North.'" Beginning with the entrance of U.S. troops to the city, the unnamed authors provide a detailed overview of the tail end of the war from the perspective of the Mexican citizen. With American troops stationed in the city, Mexico "presented a dour and disconsolate aspect. The Mexican people could not disguise the sadness that manifested on their faces, nor t

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