(WEST TEXAS) Decree on punishments for Texan rebels in the

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(WEST--TEXAS.) Decree on punishments for Texan rebels in the wake of the Alamo. 2 printed pages, 12 x 8 1/4 inches, plus integral blank, signed in type by José Justo Corro as president and José María de Tornel y Mendívil as Secretary of War, with Tornel's manuscript paraph; cello tape stains and an ink burn on edges, dampstaining in lower margin, moderate wear; docketing on second page. Mexico, 14 April 1836

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This decree, issued 39 days after the fall of the Alamo, has 12 articles regarding Texan prisoners. The leaders of the Texian revolt were subject to the death penalty, but soldiers and other rebels who surrendered within 15 days could be banished for life. Streeter sale, I:347 ("passed in the flush of the victory at the Alamo"); Streeter Texas 876.