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of the enemy at Palo Alto, whom he defeated. His 

 own force consisted of 2100 men. The next day, 

 the 9th, he again met them at Resaca de la Palma, 

 and after a hard fought battle routed them with great 

 slaughter, and took possession of Matamoras. These 

 two signal victories, obtained with such disparity of 

 force, produced an enthusiastic admiration of General 

 Taylor, and of his gallant companions in arms. On 

 the 21st and 22d of September he assaulted Monte- 

 rey, a fortified city in Mexico, which, after a desperate 

 resistance, capitulated. On the 22d February, 1847, 

 with a force consisting of five thousand men, (General 

 Wool being second in command, ) he encountered the 

 Mexicans at Buena Vista, under Santa Anna, twenty 

 thousand strong, and totally defeated them. On the 

 14th February, 1849, on an examination of the elec- 

 toral votes for President and Vice President, he was 

 declared duly elected President of the United States, 

 and was inaugurated the 4th of March following. 



Hon. Millard Fillmore was born in Summer 

 Hill, Cayuga county, New York, January 7th, 1800. 

 His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is a farmer, still living 

 in Erie county, New York. Mr. Fillmore spent four 

 years, in early life, in working at the clothier's trade, 

 and during that time devoted all his leisure hours to 



