Title: Texas, New Mexico, and the compromise of 1850 : boundary dispute & sectional crisis /
Authors: Stegmaier, Mark Joseph, 1945-
Publisher: Kent State University Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Compromise of 1850.; New Mexico Boundaries Texas.; Texas Boundaries New Mexico.
Contents: The boundary dispute from its origins to the Mexican War -- Santa Fe County, Texas, or New Mexico Territory, U.S.A.? 1846-1850 -- Neighbors, Munroe, and McCall: three men and the fate of New Mexico -- The momentous Thirty-First Congress begins -- New Mexico seeks statehood -- Texas-New Mexico and the Omnibus Bill debate, May 8- July 9, 1850 -- The Fillmore Adminisitration's baptism: Texas-New Mexico destroys the Omnibus -- Carrot and stick: the Pearce bill and executive firmness -- The U.S. military response to the boundary dispute -- Texan rage, Summer 1850 -- The U.S. House and Texas-New Mexico, August- September 1850 -- Completion of victory.