1881 MELINDA RANKIN. Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, 1840's-1860's. Civil War, Persecution. Congregational The British and the Indians

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1881 MELINDA RANKIN. Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, 1840's-1860's. Civil War, Persecution. Congregational The British and the IndiansVery solid copy of the rare Third edition, with new material [34pp additional], of Melinda Rankin's detailed account of her travels and work in Mexico during the 1840's, 50's, and 60's. Excellent reading including an examination of the sphere of women's work in the mission of the church, leaving Mississippi for Texas and then Mexico, first sight of a live Mexican, opening of a school for Mexican children [the first bilingual school in Texas],