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Toluca: June 18, 1836. Very good plus.. Large folio broadside, 17 x 12.25 inches, printed in two columns in Spanish and English. Old folds, small stain near beginning of text, otherwise bright and clean. An exceedingly rare Toluca bando printing of the long-lingering 1828 Treaty of Limits between the United States and Mexico which finally sought to establish the boundary line between the two countries. The main text of the document is printed in two columns, in Spanish in the left column and English on the right. The main text is supplemented with an opening paragraph and several paragraphs following, all in Spanish. The broadside was intended to be displayed to the public in Toluca, Mexico to keep the populace informed of the progress of the treaty. "Under the third article of the Treaty of January 12, 1828, commissioners were to meet at Natchitoches within one year after the ratification of the treaty to run the boundary from the mouth of the Sabine to the Red River and from the Red River to the… Read More

Mexico City: December 15, 1835. Very good.. [4]pp., on a single folded folio sheet. Minor creasing and light edge wear. In a custom red leatherette folding chemise. Rare proclamation laying out the constitutional changes that solidified the Centralist system of government in Mexico in late 1835, supplanting the Federalist system established through the Constitution of 1824, and ending the First Mexican Republic. This is the first installment of the "Siete Leyes" or "Seven Laws," issued in fifteen articles on December 15, 1836; the remainder of the laws were fully issued by President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna by December 30. The significant changes made in the Mexican Constitution caused some states to rebel, as the Federalist system was abolished and substituted for a Centralist system in which the states became departments. Federalist revolts or anti-centralist conflicts caught fire in Texca, Zacatecas, Tampico, and, of course and eventually, Texas. Taken together, these laws, which came in the… Read More