Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 294

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(TEXAS.) Canalizo, Valentín. Mexican decree pledging to free Santa Anna, but disavowing any promises made by him while a prisoner. Letterpress broadside, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, signed in type by Canalizo as governor of the state of Mexico, and by Joaquin Noriega as secretary; horizontal fold, minimal dampstaining on left edge; uncut. Toluca, 31 May 1836
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"Pledging every effort to secure the liberty of Santa Anna, but declaring in section 3 any promises he may make while a prisoner not binding on the Government"--Streeter, Texas 879 (re 20 May first edition). The captured Santa Anna had signed the Treaty of Velasco on 14 May, promising that the Mexican army would withdraw to south of the Rio Grande. This is a local printing of the original decree by President José Justo Corro. One other known at auction, Swann sale, 2 December 1999, lot 369.