(TEXAS) Bustamante Anastasio Decree granting amnesty for pol

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(TEXAS.) Bustamante, Anastasio. Decree granting amnesty for political crimes--but not to those who supported Texas. Letterpress broadside, 17 x 12 1/4 inches, signed in type by Bustamante as president, Luis Gonzaga Vieyra as governor of the State of Mexico, and Luis Chávarri as secretary, and docketed on verso; horizontal fold, minimal wear; uncut. Mexico, 14 April 1838

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The State of Mexico printing of a 2 April presidential decree, pardoning political crimes committed since 1835, but specifically not including those who aided the Texans in their war for independence: "no comprendera a los que hayan hecho causa comun con los enemigos de la integridad del territorio." The second part grants amnesty to those already in prison or even in active service against the government, if they immediately present themselves to the nearest commander and surrender their weapons. None traced on OCLC or at auction.