(MEXICO) Mata Roura Juan de Manifiesto que D Juan de Mata Ro

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(MEXICO.) Mata Roura, Juan de. Manifiesto que D. Juan de Mata Roura hace a sus conciudadanos, de los que hubo respecto a la prisión que le impuso el juez, D. Juan Antonio Garmendía. [2], 17 pages. 8vo, disbound; moderate foxing, unevenly trimmed with title page border slightly cropped. [Mérida or Campeche?]: José María Corrales, 1846

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Juan de Mata Roura served as United States consul at Laguna, Yucatán--then an independent republic. With the outbreak of war, he was imprisoned in Mérida on charges relating to an American citizen accused of theft. He appealed to the captain of the USS Somers, stationed nearby on blockade duty, but they were unable to help him. None traced in OCLC or at auction.