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Antonio de López de Santa Anna. Manifiesto que de sus operaciones en la campaña de Tejas... (Total: 2 Items)
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Santa Anna Defends his Operations in the Texas Campaign
Antonio de López de Santa Anna. Manifiesto que de sus
operaciones en la campaña de Tejas y en su cautiverio
dirige a sus conciudadanos el General Antonio Lopez de
Santa-Anna [wrapper title]. Veracruz: Imprenta Liberal à cargo
de Antonio Maria Valdes, 1837.FIRST EDITION of one of the top four Mexican rarities of the Texas Revolution. 8vo. 107 (of 108) pages (lacking title leaf). Printed facsimile salmon wrappers. Housed in a modern full morocco clamshell case. Accompanied by the volume's previous binding of late 19th-century sheep over boards.
This is Santa Anna's justification for his 1836 campaign against Texas, and blames the defeat at San Jacinto primarily on the high number of raw recruits within the 500 men under Cós who arrived just before the battle. "Santa Anna had been sent back to Mexico by President Jackson on a United States Navy vessel which had landed him at Veracruz on February 21, 1837. The text is followed by nine numbered documents, the most important of which is Document No. 9, on pages 59-77, the Santa Anna letter of March 11, 1837, to the Secretary of War and Marine, which purports to tell the story of the campaign. Towards the end of the letter Santa Anna refers to the public and secret Velasco agreements of May, 1836, and says that his promises were to safeguard the retreating Mexican army." Document No. 9 contains many criticisms of Filisola, Garra, Cós, and Castrillon, and basically blames the defeat at San Jacinto on the fault of subordinates and their disregard of orders.
The present copy lacks the printed title, apparently as it is often found in other copies, as Eberstadt notes: "For some unknown reason this rarity generally lacks the title."
Excessively rare: According to online auction databases, only one other copy of the Manifesto has appeared at auction at Anderson Galleries in 1926.
Condition: Lacking title-page, some minor residue at front gutter from previous binding, otherwise internally very clean, rebound in modern facsimile wrappers.
References: Eberstadt, Texas 162:710; Howes S-98; Raines, p. 181; Streeter 930.
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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