Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, Disputado al Congreso de la Union por el Estado...En los Ultimos Sucesos de la Capital Estraviaron Muchas Armas de Municion, Pertenecientes los Cuerpos del Ejerecito...[caption title and beginning of text]
Mexico City: January 5, 1829. Broadside, 12 x 8.25 inches. Light wear, center horizontal fold, pinholes along left edge. A rare decree issued by Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, Governor of the Federal District, attempting to regulate the disbursement and possession of guns in Mexico in 1829. Tornel notes that..... More