Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 384

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MEXICO--MANUSCRIPTS.) Manuscript privateering regulations issued during the Mexican-American war. [48] manuscript pages, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, on 12 numbered folding leaves of letterhead of the Ministerio de Guerro y Marina, Seccion de Operaciones, stitched with ribbon, signed by Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga as President of Mexico, with caption title "Reglamento para el corso de particulares contra los enemigos de la nacion"; minor wear and toning to exterior leaves. In modern 1/4 morocco folding case. Mexico, 26 July 1846
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Mexico, lacking a strong navy, authorized a fleet of privateers to weaken the American blockade in the Gulf and off the Californias, and to harass American commercial shipping. These regulations for the privateer fleet are divided into 109 articles. Issued by President Paredes just two days before his resignation. See Sabin 68869 for a printed edition. Provenance: Sotheby's James L. Copley sale, 15 October 2010, lot 752.