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2 .7 TEXAS AN D T H E WAR W IT H MEXICO

78 46 ’MR, POLK'S WAR’ BEGINS IN NORTH MEXICO

P A e s . Pol k wanted to o b ta in C a ll^ o A n la e lth e A by n e g o tia tio n He oAdeAed Gen.
ZachaAy TayloA to ta k e an aAmy ofa 4000 men to th e R N e g o tia tio n s g a lle d In
1846 & TayloA advanced to th e R io GAande. An a tta c k by a M exican began th e -
CongAess WaA B i l l u/as sig n e d on 13th M ay. Tay£oA won a b a t t le at neaA MatamoAoS
& th en sp en t 3 months tA a ln ln g h is men. S u p p lie s & m all moved by se a v ia New O A le a n s,L a .

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'On Service' letter datelined Mataaotoi 3 Oth 1846 tequeiUng
cdi ME hi ORLEANS APR 22 applied when por to Baton Rouge Atmi Depot.
7c Rate = 2c SHIP + 5c under 300 to Baton Rouge.

T ayloA , w ith 6 000 men b e sie g ed MonteAAey w hich suAAendeAed on 24th Septem beA. PMG In
W ashington,VC In Ju n e 1846 A e a llse d th e need to e s t a b lis h a m lllta A y PO at P o in t I s a b e l,
& to have g oveAnment chaAteAed su p p ly sh ip s pA ovldlng th e co n n ectio n to New O rle a n s.

Letter itom a ioldier datelined December 1846 Mexico.
PI. ISABEL Military PO hi JAN. 1 8 4 1 . Carried by Government ihlp to New 6.
10c wai over 300 mile rate {tom New to Maine.
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