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"D.P.WHITING CAPT. 7thINF DEL ON STONE BY F. SWINTON"/
"MONTEREY"/
"FROM INDEPENDENCE HILL, IN THE REAR OF THE BISHOP'S PALACE/ AS IT APPEARED ON 23d.SEPTEMBER,1846.(LOOKING WEST)"/
"ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1847 BY D.F.WHITING IN THE CLERKS OFFICE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK"/
"LITH. AND PRINTED IN COLOR BY G&W ENDICOTT NEW YORK"/
"1."SIERRA SILLA"(SADDLE MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 7 MILES DISTANT).
2.VILLAGE OF "GAUDALOUPE".
3.CITADEL(IN POSSESSION OF THE MEXICANS FIRING UPON GEN'L. TAYLOR'S POSITION ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CITY).
4.CATHEDRAL
5.CEMETERY
6.GEN'L. ARISTA'S PALACE AND GARDEN.
7.PART OF FEDERAL HILL,[SHEWING THE POINT OCCUPIED BY MAJOR SCOTT, WITH THE 5th INF'Y. WITH ONE OF THE CAPTURED GUNS THROWING SHOT INTO THE "MAIN PLAXA"."