AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS:

BY

BRANTZ MAYER,

SECRETARY OF THE U. S. LEGATION TO THAT COUNTRY IN 1841 AND 1842.

то THE

HONORABLE POWHATAN ELLIS,

LATE

ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO MEXICO.

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND,

BRANTZ MAYER.