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History of Mesilla Valley, or the Gadsden Purchase Known in Mexico as the Treaty of Mesilla by Griggs, George - 1930

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History of Mesilla Valley, or the Gadsden Purchase Known in Mexico as the Treaty of Mesilla by Griggs, George - 1930

History of Mesilla Valley, or the Gadsden Purchase Known in Mexico as the Treaty of Mesilla

by Griggs, George

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Mesilla, NM: Self Published, 1930. Soft cover. Good. INSCRIBED by Griggs to Maude McFie Bloom who would later write 'History of the Mesilla Valley 1903' on title page; 8vo, rebound, original paper covers replaced by red and black paper covers; good (covers soiled and sunned with crimped, creased, torn, and chipped edges; bottom corners of covers torn off; spine sunfaded and torn with crimped, torn, worn, and chipped ends; rear hinge weak; pencil notations and marginalia by Maude Bloom to p4 and 56-59; top corners of p55-8 creased; pages toned); 128pp incl. index.

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  • Publisher Self Published
  • Place of Publication Mesilla, NM
  • Date Published 1930

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HISTORY OF MESILLA VALLEY OR THE GADSDEN PURCHASE. KNOWN IN MEXICO AS THE TREATY OF MESILLA

HISTORY OF MESILLA VALLEY OR THE GADSDEN PURCHASE. KNOWN IN MEXICO AS THE TREATY OF MESILLA

by GRIGGS, GEORGE

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Las Cruces, New Mexico: Bronson Printing Company, 1930., 1930. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original gray printed wrappers, 128 pp., preface, small map on title page, index. Dykes Billy the Kid 153 says, "Scarce." "There is a section on 'Billy the Kid' in this local history. The Kid is credited with killing twenty-seven men, his first a miner who ran off with the Kid's fifteen-year-old sister..... A copy of the court document sentencing Billy the Kid to the gallows is included." Herd 934 says, "Rare." Six Guns 876 says, "Rare." "A local history containing some information on Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett." Ramon Adams also comments on a number of errors during the Kid's outlaw days. Griggs, in addition to the Billy the Kid information, provides much insight of the Mesilla Valley beginning with pre-historic days, the Spanish occupation, Indian problems, the Mexican American War, the Gadsden Purchase, the Civil War in the… Read More
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