BIB_ID
117038
Accession number
MA 22357
Creator
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, sender.
Display Date
Port Isabel, Texas, 1846 May 13.
Description
1 item (4 pages, with address) ; 25.3 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Addressed "My dear Betty."
Addressed to "Miss. Mary E. Taylor / B. Rouge- / Louisiana."
Addressed from "Point Isabel Texas."
Stamped "(illegible) La. / May 20."
Residual wax.
From page 10 of Zachary Taylor album.
Addressed to "Miss. Mary E. Taylor / B. Rouge- / Louisiana."
Addressed from "Point Isabel Texas."
Stamped "(illegible) La. / May 20."
Residual wax.
From page 10 of Zachary Taylor album.
Summary
Discussing engagement of the Mexican troops, which had crossed the Rio Grande; saying that they were routed the next day and Taylor reports he captured General Laveja and 150 officers and soldiers.
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