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Creating a government in Colombia... Indian lands and laws...



Item # 685714

June 26, 1830

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, June 26, 1830  Inside has a report concerning the creation of a government in "Colombia" noting: "The new constitution having been adopted...proceeded to elect a president and vice president of the republic...a deputation waited upon Bolivar & informed him of the result He congratulated them on the happy termination of their labors...". This is followed by the: "Message of his Excellency the Liberator President to the Constitutional Congress" signed in type: Simon Bolivar, then the "Answer of Congress" to Bolivar.
Also inside: "The Indian Lands" and then: "Indians In Georgia" being a "Proclamation" extending the laws  of Georgia to the Cherokee Indians as well, taking over a full column.
Sixteen pages, 6 by 9 1/4 inches, bit of damp staining, nice condition.

As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."

Category: Pre-Civil War