Thesis M.A. - University of North Carolina. / ERIC reports. Photocopy of typescripts. Arlington, Va. : ERIC Document Reproduction Service. -- 73 leaves ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-68). Also issued in print.

Thesis M.A. - University of North Carolina. / ERIC reports. Photocopy of typescripts. Arlington, Va. : ERIC Document Reproduction Service. -- 73 leaves ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-68).

This paper provides a thematic approach to three major United States government document series relating to topics of early United States diplomatic relations with Mexico; treaty negotiations, the Santa 'Fe trade, the Texas question, and claims. The document series examined are .the United States presidential papers, United States Congressional documents , and the National Archives Record Group 59, diplomatic dispatches from United State Ministers to Mexico. Historians must make an evaluation of all: documentary evidence available for an accurate assessment of historical events. Inadequate analysis of these major United States document series has limited this necessary assessment in the area of United States Mexican diplomatic relations, 1821-1846.