Memorandum of instructions for the occupation of Laguna : manuscript.

Mexico, 1846 December 21.

1 item ; 32 x 30 cm

English

Purchased from Robert H. Rubin Books on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2017.

This material is open for research.

Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) commanded the U.S.S. Mississippi in the early months of the Mexican War, 1846. Toward the end of 1846, he led the expedition that captured Laguna, Frontera, and Tabasco. The occupation of Laguna was intended, in part, to prevent the dispersal of contraband to Mexican forces by way of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Manuscript copy in an unidentified hand of military orders from Commodore Perry for the capture and occupation of Laguna, Mexico, in 1846.

January 18, 2019

Memorandum of Instructions for the Occupation of Laguna. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Memorandum of Instructions for the Occupation of Laguna. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.