Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 307

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(WEST--TEXAS.) José María de Tornel y Mendívil. Manifestacion del C. José María Tornel. 74 pages. 4to, disbound, lacking wrappers; moderate foxing. Mexico, [1833]
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The author recounts his diplomatic career, including service as Mexican envoy to the United States from 1829 to 1831. He states that the government of President Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña authorized him in 1829 to negotiate the sale of Texas to the United States (pages 44-45). The Monroe Doctrine is discussed on page 49. Palau 334524 Sabin 96203; Streeter, Texas 932n. One traced at auction, at a Swann sale, 24 September 2020, lot 214.