Texas, New Mexico, and the Compromise of 1850
Subtitle: boundary dispute and sectional crisis
By: Mark J. Stegmaier
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lubbock
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780896726970
Subjects: Boundaries; Compromise of 1850
Description: "A comprehensive analysis of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute and resulting Compromise of 1850"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published: Kent, Ohio : Kent State Press, c1996. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The boundary dispute from its origins to the Mexican War; title: Santa Fe County, Texas, or New Mexico territory, U.S.A.?, 1846-1850; title: Neighbors, Munroe, and McCall : three men and the fate of New Mexico; title: The momentous Thirty-first Congress begins; title: New Mexico seeks statehood; title: Texas-New Mexico and the omnibus bill debate, May 8-July 9, 1850; title: The Fillmore administration's baptism : Texas-New Mexico destroys the omnibus; title: Carrot and stick : the Pearce bill and executive firmness; title: The U.S. military response to the boundary dispute; title: Texan rage, summer 1850; title: The U.S. House and Texas-New Mexico, August-September 1850; title: Completion of victory.