Letter : to Colonel G. W. Hughes / by David Emmanuel Twiggs, 1848 Jan 2.

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Letter : to Colonel G. W. Hughes / by David Emmanuel Twiggs, 1848 Jan 2.

Gen. Twiggs refuses to authorize an expedition to Orizaba and Cordova since he does not have the troops to hold them and feels the only result would be guerrilla reprisals against any Mexicans who cooperated with the Americans.

2 p. ; 28 cm.

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