Classical Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl (also known simply as Aztec or Nahuatl) is any of the variants of Nahuatl, spoken in the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico as a "lingua franca" at the time of the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. During the subsequent centuries, it was largely displaced by Spanish and evolved into some of the modern Nahuan languages in use today (other modern dialects descend more directly from other 16th-century variants). Although classified as an extinct language, Classical Nahuatl has survived through a multitude of written sources transcribed by Nahua peoples and Spaniards in the Latin
Aztec Club of 1847 Pennsylvania home but, at President Grant's offer, in 1874 the meeting was held at the White House. Patterson's mansion was located on the southwest corner of 13th and Locust Streets. After his death in 1881, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania purchased the mansion as its permanent home. The mansion was demolished between 1905 and 1909 and a new building dedicated in 1910. At the Annual Meeting held at Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, on September 14, 1881, Ulysses S. Grant was elected Vice President of the Aztec Club, announcing his intention to become its president. Following the War of the Rebellion (America's