(MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR) Francisco de Olaguibel Decree forbidd

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Sale 2687 - Lot 298

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(MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.) Francisco de Olaguibel. Decree forbidding peace negotiations in the wake of Veracruz and Cerro Gordo. Letterpress broadside, 11 x 8 inches, signed in type by Olaguibel as governor of the state of Mexico, and by Ignacio Ramirez as secretary; moderate dampstaining, unevenly trimmed, other minor wear. Toluca, 23 April 1847

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A local printing of a 20 April decree by the substitute president Pedro María de Anaya, issued shortly after the occupation of Veracruz by Winfield Scott´s forces and two days after the Mexican defeat at the Battle of Cerro Gordo. It states that no peace treaty will be made with the United States, and that any Mexican citizen who enters negotiations with the American forces will be declared a traitor.

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