BOLÍVAR SIMÓN Partly printed Document Signed military commis

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SIGNED DAYS BEFORE VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF PICHINCHA BOLÍVAR, SIMÓN. Partly-printed Document Signed, military commission appointing Miguel Arissmendi Lieutenant-Colonel, in Spanish. Additionally signed by General Bartolome Salom on verso. 1 page, folio, with integral blank; faint scattered bleedthrough, pinholes along left margin from previous binding stitching, folds, wax seal mostly intact. Trapiche [Bolívar, Ecuador], 21 May 1822

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On May 23, 1822, a nighttime assault by South American rebel forces was led by General Antonio José de Sucre against the Spanish royalists on the slopes of the volcano Cerro Pichincha near Quito. The following day, victory allowed the rebels to occupy Quito, and Simón Bolívar was declared the liberator of Ecuador, which then became part of the short-lived Republic of Gran Colombia.