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Venezuelan Independence... Manifesto of Caracas...
Venezuelan Independence... Manifesto of Caracas...
Item # 707340
October 19, 1811
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Oct. 19 & 26, 1811 This two issue set, under the heading "A Manifesto," has nearly 10 pages dedicated to the Manifesto of Caracas, and related details.
The coverage begins: "By the confederation of Venezuela, in South America, of the reason which influenced them in the formation of an ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE of Spain, and every other foreign power. Drawn up and ordered to be published by the General Congress of the United Provinces."
It continues: "America, for more than three centuries condemned to hold an existence only as subservient to the political preponderance of Spain... the victim of confusion, corruption and conquest... that the moment had arrived when they should labor to reap the fruits of three hundred years of inactivity and patience."
Both issues are complete in sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, very 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
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