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(MEXICO.) Anaya, Juan Pablo de. Autograph Letter Signed to General Andrew Jackson, seeking aid for Mexican independence. 4 pages, 9 x 7 1/4 inches, on one sheet with lithographed letterhead reading "La Independencia Mexicana respeta a Dios y a las Justas Leyes"; long vertical tears across both leaves with browned cello tape repairs. New Orleans, LA, 28 February 1814
Juan Pablo de Anaya (1785-1850) was a commander in the Mexican struggle for independence, and had been sent to New Orleans to seek support from the United States. Later that year, Anaya assisted Jackson in the defense of New Orleans when the British attacked in 1815.
