This lot includes two volumes of the Niles' Weekly Register which feature a series of reports on the Mexican Revolution and the expeditions under Gen. James Long to establish an independent Texas. In the first volume, the June 17 issue notes that 53 persons intent on “making an irruption into the province of Texas” by joining Gen. Long’s second attempt for Texas independence were captured and brought to New Orleans. However, only four were formally charged. A force led by Gen. Long, a surgeon and veteran of the War of 1812, had declared Texas’ independence and occupied Nacogdoches for about four months in 1819. Another article notes that the Indian tribes in Texas can muster 5,000 warriors. The second volume includes numerous articles describing the progress of the Mexican Revolution as it reached its culmination. One article reports that Gen. Long and his force easily took La Bahia but then were repulsed, captured and sent to Santillo for trial. Other articles describe the lawlessness in Texas, which had become a haven for bands of robbers and smugglers. 464 pages (volume 1), 416 pages (volume 2). Hardbound in contemporary quarter leather with tips and gilt titles on the spines.

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Condition: B

Contents are very good with some light toning and occasional faint dampstains that is more prominent in volume one. Bookplates for The Bar Library, U.S. District Court of Vermont, are on the front pastedown of both volumes. Bindings are worn but intact.