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1836 Santa Anna's Report on the Alamo siege

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1836 Santa Anna's Report on the Alamo siege
<B>1836 </B></I><B><I>Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana,</B></I></B></I> (Num. 326. Tom. IV.), one sheet, 12.5" x 17.5", front and verso. Imprenta del Aguila (Aguila Press), "<I>dirigida por Jose Ximeno. 1836.</B></I>" ("Daily Supplement of the Government of the Mexican Republic")<I>. </B></I>No specific date, but the information within was certified on March 21, 1836. Under the heading "<I>Secretaria de Guerra y Marina. Seccion central. Mesa 1.a</B></I>" in the first column is Santa Anna's report about the attack on the "<I>fuerte del Alamo</B></I>" dated Cuartel general de Bejar, marzo 6 de 1836. He writes "<I>La Victoria acompana al ejercito, y en este momento que son las ocho de la manana, acaba de conseguir la mas completa y gloriosa que perpetuara su memoria...</B></I>" ("The Victory that accompanies the army, at this moment eight in the morning, has ended but it is one complete and glorious that will perpetuate its memory..." - in other words, "Remember the Alamo"). The report specifically mentions three casualties by name: "<I>Entre dichos cadavers se encuentran el primero y sdegundo gefe de los enemigos Bowie y Travis, coroneles que se titulahaa, el de igual graduacion Croket...</B></I>" ("Between said bodies are the first and second chiefs of the enemies Bowie and Travis, colonels who were titled, the one of equal rank Croket..."). Santa Anna writes there were "<I>600 cadaveres</B></I>" - two to three times more than the actual number. Following Santa Anna's report are the General Order of the day of March 5, 1836 (giving the plan for the assault), a Spanish translation of a March 1, 1836 letter from Robert McAlpin Williamson to Travis (taken from Travis's body or from his quarters; Williamson concludes "For God's sake hold out until we can assist you." - this may be the first printing of the text of this letter revealing its existence; the original has never been found), a communication from General Urrea to Santa Anna dated San Patricio March 3, 1836, and Santa Anna's letters to Tornel, Secretary of War, transmitting the above documents. The sheet is badly soiled and frayed at the wide blank right edge with portions missing, not affecting the text on either side. There is also a soiled portion missing at the opposite edge affecting three words of text. Two stains in the center do not affect legibility and there are small tears in the mid-horizontal fold. Contemporary ink and pencil notations and penciled mathematical examples are on verso in the blank area beneath the printed text. Overall, the document is in very good condition. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference:</B></I> Streeter 865.1<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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