Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 312

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(COLOMBIA.) Sámano y Uribarri, Juan José de. Hoy hé tomado posesion de los empleos de Virey . . . Document Signed, one page, 10 1/2 x 8 inches; two marginal chips on left edge, marginal adhesion and soiling in top margin. Santa Fé [Bogotá], 9 March 1818

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Sámano had been a leading figure in the suppression of the Colombian rebels, and was appointed the penultimate Viceroy of New Granada for his efforts. This brief proclamation was issued upon his assumption of office. It bears his signature, as well as a 28 March 1818 annotation from the city of Neiva.