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tained against the Government of the United States of the North.” 
69 ff. 
(Contains circulars of the governor to the people, communications to the 
governor, reports of the sessions of the junta with reference to defence 
of the nation, correspondence of the junta with other parts of Mexico, 
etc. The documents extend from May to Sept., 1847.) 
THE BIBLIOTECA PUBLICA. 
(THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.) 
In the Public Library there was noted, as of special value for the general 
history of the Republic, the original manuscript “ Diario Histérico de México, 
por el Lic. Don Carlos Bustamante”, 43 volumes. Vol. 1 begins in Dec., 
1822. Vol. 43 is for 1841. The diary records political and military events, 
especially, but contains many others things—statements of facts, comments, 
clippings from newspapers, pamphlets, etc. During most of the time Bus- 
tamante was in congress, as a member from Oaxaca. Because of his prom- 
inence in public affairs and his ability as an historical writer, this diary is 
invaluable. On account of his prominence as an opponent of Iturbide, it is 
of special importance for the period of the Empire. Doubtless most of the 
materials in the collection were utilized by Bustamante in his numerous his- 
torical writings. As to the history of the diary, the present writer was told 
by the librarian that it had been borrowed by the College of Guadalupe de 
Zacatecas and was confiscated by the government during the Reforma. 
A pamphlet of interest and of which a copy is in the Library is Informe 
que se dio al Excmo. Sr. Presidente de la Republica Mejicana sobre Limites 
de la Provincia de Téjas con la de Luisiana, by Fr. José Maria de Jestis Puel- 
les, guardian of the College of Guadalupe and a former missionary in Texas, 
signed at the college Nov. 30, 1827, and printed at Zacatecas in 1828 (filed 
in “ Coleccion de impresos sueltos”’, A II,). At the end of this work there 
are useful references to related documents in the national archives. 
