ID: 901001716 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001716	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Gadsden Purchase (Mexican-USA history, 1853)

Note: Treaty by which the U.S. acquired the Mesilla Valley from Mexico; territory forms present-day southern Arizona and southern Utah. Named after James Gadsden, U.S. minister to Mexico.

Display Date: 30 December 1853

Names:

	Gadsden Purchase (Mexican-USA history, 1853) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Treaty of La Mesilla (Mexican-USA history, 1853) (English,U,P)
	Venta de la Mesilla (Mexican-USA history, 1853) (Spanish-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........Mexican history (P)
		............Gadsden Purchase (Mexican-USA history, 1853) (P)

Other Relationships:

	participant was .... México
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

	participant was .... United States
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

	created in .... La Mesilla Valley
	.....(United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

Sources:

	Gadsden Purchase (Mexican-USA history, 1853)
	................Griswold, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1990) 60
	................Hudnall and Hudnall, Spirits of the Border IV (2005) 96
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 March 2017
	Treaty of La Mesilla (Mexican-USA history, 1853)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 March 2017
	................Leonard, Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations, Vol. 1 (2012) 379
	Venta de la Mesilla (Mexican-USA history, 1853)
	................Pedroza, Navarro and García, Historia activa de México (2005) 266
	................Canudas, Las venas de plata (2005) 887

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 March 2017
	................ Griswold, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1990) 60