23. [BORDERLANDS]. ASHTON, J. Hubley. Piedras
Negras Claims. In the American and Mexican Joint
Commission. Pedro Tauns (No. 679) and Others vs. the United
States. Argument and Evidence for the United States
[wrapper title]. American and Mexican Joint Commission.
No. 679... [caption title]. [Washington, 1871]. 44 pp.
plus tipped in p. 40a. 8vo, original lilac printed
wrappers, preserved in half dark brown calf folding box. An
exceptionally fine copy.
First
edition. Not in Howes, etc. Pingenot: This rare
separate is unknown save for its appearance in House
Executive Doc. 277, 42nd Congress, 2nd Session, 1872, under
Claims No. 40 on pp. 147-80. This group of claims, totaling
an enormous sum and put forward by attorneys Bethel
Coopwood and William Stone, arose from the burning of the
village of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, by the Texan
volunteers under Captains Callahan and Henry in 1855.
($150-300)