[Mexican Treaties]:

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[COLLECTION OF THIRTY-FOUR TREATIES BETWEEN MEXICO AND OTHER NATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1822 AND 1862, INCLUDING IMPORTANT PRINTINGS OF THE GADSDEN PURCHASE TREATY, THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO, AND THE ... A fascinating and important collection of Mexican treaties, including eighteen made within the first twenty years of Mexico's independence from Spain, and also including the exceedingly rare Mexican printing of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty, and the official Mexican printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War. In all, the collection charts the progress of Mexican international relations and diplomacy in the first forty-one years after independence and comprises treaties with the United States (ten in all), European powers (nineteen total, including their former mother country, Spain), and other South American nations (five). Although the origin of this volume is unknown, it was quite possibly compiled by a member of the Mexican government or of the Mexican diplomatic corps in the mid-19th century.As noted, a highlight of the collection is the extremely rare Mexican printing of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty of 1853, by which the United States created its present southwestern border and Mexico gave up parts of what are now present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico. The United States had also pressed for the states of Sonora and Baja California as well, but Mexico did not accede to that demand. The official Mexican printing of the Treaty of Guadalu

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