The Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell Bartlett
- Location: McKeldin Library
Call number: Microfilm F786.B3 - Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886. The Mexican Boundary Commission
Papers of John Russell Bartlett.
12 Reels.
Description
Papers (1848-1877) include correspondence, loose items, official dispatches, official and personal journals and newspaper releases.The papers are arranged as follows:
- Correspondence, containing 871 letters.
- Official Dispatches, containing 57 documents.
- Official Journal and records of the Commission.
- Personal Journal
- Newspaper releases.
- Additional letters, containing 126 items.
In 1850 John Russell Bartlett was appointed Commissioner for drawing the boundary between Mexico and the United States. The documents resulting from the mission record his trip through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico and California.
Index/Guide
The following source provides more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection:- REF F786 .B31 FOLIO
- Brown University. John Carter Brown Library. The Mexican Boundary Commission Papers of John Russell Bartlett, 1850-1853; Index and Guide to the Microfilm of the Papers in the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University.
