[BANGS, Samuel, printer] -- [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]. TAYLOR, Zachary. Quartel general, Exercito de Ocupacion, Corpus Christi, 8 de marzo, de 1846. Orden, num. 30. [Corpus Christi: Samuel Bangs & George W. Fletcher, 1846].

4to broadside (297 x 202 mm). Printed in Spanish, endorsed in ink verso in a secretarial hand, "77 Z.P. Taylor 23, Mar: 1846." (Slight toning, creased.)

FIRST EDITION IN SPANISH, published the same day as an edition in English printed in the Corpus Christi Gazette Extra. Taylor announces that his army will cross to the other side of the Rio Grande and promised that civilians will be well-treated, and that any provisions will be pad for "a los mejores precios." The Gazette Extra for March 8 explains: “The orders of General Taylor (No. 30) have been printed in Spanish, and will be circulated among the Mexicans residing along the frontier. Nothing could have taken place better calculated to allay the fears and quiet the apprehensions of the residents along the border than the issuing of this order—explaining the objects of the American Army in advancing upon the frontier.”

A SCARCE SAMUEL BANGS IMPRINT FROM CORPUS CHRISTI. Bangs, who was printing the Corpus Christi Gazette, was also working as a job printer for the army and private individuals (see Jenkins 457-459). EXCEEDINGLY RARE: This Spanish-language edition not in Winkler; OCLC locates only one copy at Yale. See Winkler 28 (for the English-language edition).

Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler

[BANGS, Samuel, printer] -- [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]. TAYLOR, Zachary. Quartel general, Exercito de Ocupacion, Corpus Christi, 8 de marzo, de 1846. Orden, num. 30. [Corpus Christi: Samuel Bangs & George W. Fletcher, 1846].