Brantz Mayer

Brantz Mayer
Brantz Mayer (1809-1879) was an American author, historian, and diplomat known for his extensive writings on Mexican history and culture. He served as the U.S. Secretary of Legation in Mexico and later as the Consul in California, which greatly influenced his work. His notable books include "Mexico As It Was and As It Is" and "Observations on Mexican History and Archaeology." Mayer also helped to found the Maryland Historical Society and contributed significantly to the preservation of local historical records.

Author's Books:


MEMOIR. IT has been a sad but not entirely unpleasant duty to prepare, at the request of the Maryland Historical Society, a brief memoir of one of our earliest and most distinguished Honorary Members, the late Jared Sparks, LL.D. The duty, though sad, is not without a pleasant recompense, for the eulogium which a long-continued friendship and intercourse demand can be bestowed with cordial truth. Mr.... more...

CHAPTER I. Introductory views of Mexico—The people and government. The war which broke out between the United States of North America and the Mexican Republic, in the spring of 1846, is an event of great importance in the history of the world. Profound peace had reigned among Christian nations, since the downfall of Napoleon; and, with the exception of internal discords in France, Belgium, Poland and... more...

CALVERT AND PENN. It is a venerable and beautiful rite which commands the Chinese not only to establish in their dwellings a Hall of Ancestors, devoted to memorials of kindred who are dead, but which obliges them, on a certain day of every year, to quit the ordinary toils of life and hasten to the tombs of their Forefathers, where, with mingled services of festivity and worship, they pass the hours in... more...