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• Author/Creator:Trueheart, James L., 1815-1882.
  
• Title:Diary of Mexican imprisonment : Mexico, 1842 Oct 16-1843 Dec 3.
  
• Physical Description:1 item (ca. 100 p.) ; 23 cm.
  
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  • Location:BEINECKE (Non-Circulating)
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: WA MSS S-1891
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Purchased from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 1971.
  
• Biographical / Historical note:James L. Trueheart came to Texas from Virginia in 1838, settled in San Antonio in 1841, and became Clerk of the District Court. In September 1842, Trueheart was among the Texans captured by General Adrian Woll at San Antonio. He was imprisoned in "Perote Castle" (Castillo de San Carlos, Perote, Mexico), and released on March 22, 1844. Trueheart returned to San Antonio, and later was elected to County and State offices. He died on November 30, 1882.
  
• Summary:Holograph diary, dating from October 16, 1842 to December 3, 1843, in which Trueheart describes his experiences as a prisoner of Mexico after his capture in San Antonio by General Woll. The diary documents his march with other prisoners from Monclova to Perote, Mexico, and his imprisonment at the "Perote Castle." Trueheart describes his daily activities during the march and in prison, lists names of other prisoners held at the castle, and comments on news received regarding the continuing conflict between Texas and Mexico. Laid in is a sheet containing a list of one day's rations for fifty-nine men, signed James L. Trueheart and dated August 17, 1843; a photocopy of James L. Trueheart's one-page oath of identity dated May 28, 1874; and a one-page photocopy of part of a legal document regarding a claim against the Republic of Texas dated July 21, 1851.
  
• Publications:The Perote prisoners : being the diary of James L. Trueheart printed for the first time together with an historical introduction / by Frederick C. Chabot. San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1934. Contains a transcript of the Trueheart diary dating from 1842 Sep 10-1844 May 2.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:James L. Trueheart, Diary of Mexican Imprisonment. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Trueheart, James L., 1815-1852.
  Woll, Adrián, 1795-1875.
  Prisoners--Mexico--Perote.
  Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
  Mexico--History--1821-1861.
  Perote (Mexico)
  Mexico--Description and travel.
  
• Genre/Form:Diaries--Mexico--19th century.