(TEXAS) Gonzaga Vieyra Luís Decree awarding land to soldiers

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(TEXAS.) Gonzaga Vieyra, Luís. Decree awarding land to soldiers who had fought against the Texan rebels. Letterpress broadside, 13 x 8 3/4 inches, signed in type by Gonzaga Vieyra as governor of the Department of Mexico and by Gabriel Sagaseta as secretary; two long closed tears with archival tape repairs on verso, printed correction slip covering the month, docketing on verso. Mexico, 15 April 1837

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A local printing of a 4 April 1837 decree by President José Justo Corro. It authorizes colonization by veterans of the struggle for Mexican independence, and offers concessions to allied Indian tribes and those who fought for the recovery of Texas. It also confirms Article 11 of the Colonization Act of 6 April 1830, which had prohibited Americans from settling in Texas and had helped spark the Texan Revolution: "el congreso á favor de las tribus ó naciones indígenas, y de los cooperadores al restablecimiento de Tejas; no embarazándose por las leyes dadas hasta aquí sobre colonizacion, cuyas disposiciones se derogan en todo lo que contrarien á la presente, repitiéndose la prohibicion del art. 11 de la ley de 6 de Abril de 1830." Not found in OCLC or at auction.