Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
LS, in Spanish, signed as Governor of the State of Oaxaca, one-page, 8.5 x 12.5, Gobierno del Estado De Oaxaca letterhead, December 13, 1847. Letter to the Commander General of the Armaments of the State (Jose Maria Castellanos). In full (translated): “I have had the pleasure of receiving the official letter from Your Excellency, dated the 10th of this month, and am well versed about what is put forth therein, referring to the squad of the Coastguard Battalion of Tehuantepec which arrived to this city. In response, I declare to you that regarding this issue we propose that it will be resolved for you, and that regarding the wardrobe that Your Excellency requests, the corresponding order has already been given to the General Treasury of the State in order that a linen cloth and a hay mattress be ministered to the soldiers of the 3rd company of the Loyalty National Guard Battalion.” In fine condition, with intersecting folds, and a bit of scattered light toning.
The Oaxaca state legislature named Juarez interim governor in October 1847. Although Oaxaca had a population of more than 500,000 people, its National Guard numbered only about 300. Immediately after taking office, Juarez issued a decree organizing armed companies in outlying districts where he felt government control was weak, including Tehuantepec, and in this letter assures his subordinate that requested uniforms would soon be on their way. With officials still preoccupied with the United States and the Mexican War, Juarez and others could not afford domestic problems, resulting in the appointment of Castellanos as Commander General of Oaxaca to keep the peace—which he did until forced into temporary exile in 1853. An important document from Mexico’s history signed by a leader still remembered as a progressive reformer dedicated to democracy.
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