In Search of a Lost Manuscript

Patti Bell, of Cortez, Colorado, is looking for a manuscript on Spanish armor and costume with over 400 pen-and-ink drawings by Aileen O’Bryan (other names: Mary Aileen O’Bryan, Aileen Obrian, Aileen Nusbaum). Aileen was married to Jesse Nusbaum,...

Review of The First Letter from New Spain

The First Letter from New Spain: The Lost Petition of Cortés and His Company, June 20, 1519 By John F. Schwaller with Helen Nader University of Texas Press, Austin. Contents, preface, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, 1 map, 1 table, 39 black and white photos, 8...