The War with Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)Note 3 — VII THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE CONFLICT April, 1845—April, 1846Reading editionRichardson, Messages, iv, 388. 52J. Y. Mason to Donelson, Aug. 7, 1845.◇Copy noteReturn to VII THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE CONFLICT April, 1845—April, 1846