[Mexico]. [Texas]

Secretaria de Hacienda. El Exmo. Sr. Presidente Interino de la Republica Mexicana Se Ha Servido Dirigir a Esta Secretaria el Decreto Que Sigue. ... 1o Durante la Guerra con los Sublevados de Tejas, Se Permitara la Introduccion de Viveres del Extrangero por el Puerto de Matamoros... [caption title and first lines of text]

Mexico City: 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Light chipping and wear at corners. Very good. Item #2212

A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government, ordering that foreign goods be allowed into the port of Matamoros in order to supply the army in the war against Texas. It further states that only foreign provisions imported for the support of the expeditionary force, as well as mules and wagons to convey them, will be exempted from tariff and seizure within the country. The text reads, in part:

"1.o Durante la guerra con los sublevados de Tejas, se permitirá la introducción de víveres del extrangero por el puerto de Matamoros. 2.o Los derechos que se causen en dicha introduccion, se pagarán en el acto en víveres recibiéndose estos al precio de aforo, y destinándose exclusivamente à la subsistencia del Ejército espedicionario sobre Tejas. 3.o Los que de lo interior se conduzcan al mismo Ejército, serán libres de todo derecho, y no podrán embargarse las mulas ó carruagas en que se trasporten."

The present decree was issued on July 16, 1836, in Mexico City. Perhaps in response to this order, the Texans blockaded Matamoros, which occupies a strategic position at the mouth of the Rio Grande across from Brownsville, from July 21 through the end of October. We locate three copies of this broadside -- the Streeter copy, now at Yale, and two additional examples, at Texas A&M and Penn.
Streeter Texas 880.

Price: $1,750.00