MATERIAL: Paper
TYPE: Documents (Loose)
COMPONENTS: 14 pages on 4 folding sheets; stitch holes; docketed on first page.
LANGUAGE
Spanish
ITEM ID: 3454
Letter from War for Venezuelan independence
DATE
Year: 1822
Decade: 1820s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Notes: 19 June 1822
A dramatic letter from the war for Venezuelan independence. Autograph Letter Signed by Nicolás de Mahy as Captain-General of Cuba to the Superintendant of the Army. Mahy passes on word from a commander in the Spanish navy that the besieged Spanish stronghold at Puerto Cabello was recently attacked by 2000 rebels under José Antonio Paez, that trade and communication by sea are becoming difficult, and that help is urgently needed from the Spanish forces in Cuba. Puerto Cabello was the last Spanish bastion in Venezuela, and would finally surrender in October 1823.
ARTISTS
Name: Nicolás de Mahy
Type: Author
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