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Full title: Hoc in volumine hec cõtinentur : Laurentii Vallensis Elegantiæ de lingua latina : Laurentii Vallensis de pronomine sui ad Ioannem Tortelium : Laurentii Vallensis lima qu︠ae︡dam per Antonium Mancinellum.

Printed broadside, ten pages long, written by the General Gabriel Valencia. The document is a description of the military action in Padierna, which occurred the 19th and 20th of August,1847, and in which the Mexican forces, led by General Valencia,…

Broadsheet with an appeal to Catholic parishioners by Bishop of Aguascalientes Ignacio Valdespino’s calling for their signatures to support the Mexican Episcopate’s popular initiative to amend articles 3 (education), 5 (freedom of work), 27…

Broadside discussing the significance of the upcoming parish elections for the future of the country and the happiness of its citizens, with prosperity or ruin in the hands of the voters. Describes four desirable qualities for candidates: moral…

A letter dated November 23, 1875 from Walter L. Vail to Edward L. Vail describing Walter's first impressions of Tucson upon his arrival by stagecoach, his meeting the Governor, and discusses at length issues involved in acquiring property and the…

A letter dated July 11, 1876 from Walter Vail to his uncle, Nathan Vail, describing his journey with Herbert R. Hislop to Tucson, the Tucson area climate and noting that the Fish Ranch will be for sale.

Edward Vail's account of the happenings near the old Cienega Stage Station, now known as Pantano, including the Southern Pacific's Apache Trail Route with gravestones, Farishes' History of Arizona, and a story about robbery and murder of a U.S.…

Edward Vail's sketch briefly describing Southeastern Arizona and Southern New Mexico's fiercest and most warlike tribe of Apache Indians, the Chiricahuas, and the names and locations of various Apache tribes.

Edward Vail's sketch about a Mexican dance put on by the Greaterville placer gold mining camp and the cowboys attempt to join the dance after the Mexican miners decided not to let the cowboys in.

The sketch Following the Trail of the Apaches written by Edward L. Vail. He describes an incident that occurred on June 5, 1886. A band of Apaches attacked Happy Valley ranch and stole some horses. He describes tracking the Apaches for over fifty…

February 14 and February 15, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 12 and February 13, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 10 and February 11, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 8 and February 9, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 6 and February 7, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 4 and February 5, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

February 2 and February 3, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

March 29 (cont.) 1890 entry from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

March 28 and March 29, 1890 entries from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.

March 20, 1890 entry from Edward L. Vail's diary which he wrote during the cattle drive from the Empire Ranch in Arizona to the Warner Ranch in Southern California.