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Sale 2708 - Lot 263

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(MEXICO.) Regulations for the organization of the National Corps of Engineers. Letterpress broadsheet, 2 pages on one sheet, 12½ x 8½ inches, titled "Reglamento para la organizacion del Cuerpo nacional de Ingenieros," signed in type by Manuel Gómez Pedraza as Minister of War; horizontal fold, small stain in margin; uncut. In modern custom gilt ¼ calf folder. Mexico, 13 March 1828
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Divides the Corps of Engineers into brigades, including "la brigada de los Estados Internos de Oriente": the states of Durango, Chihuahua, Nuevo-México, Tamaulipas and Coahuila y Tejas. This brigade was required (in translation) to have "a thorough understanding of the borders with the United States of the North; the necessary fortification projects and defense plans will be the constant focus of their work."

"La brigada de los Estados Internos de Occidente" covered Sonora and the Californias: "The repeated military surveys and precise geographical-political descriptions will provide insight into these vast and interesting regions." 2 in OCLC, and none traced at auction.

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