Apr 17, 2019 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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BOLIVAR, SIMON
Document signed providing instructions to Jose Tadeo Monagas following the siege of Barcelona. St. Thomas de la Guayana: 22 September 1817. 2 1/2 page document on a bifolium, the text in a secretarial hand and signed by Simon Bolivar ("Bolivar") at end. 12 x 8 1/2 inches (31 x 22 cm). The document headed "Instrucciones para el Senor General de Brigada Jose Tadeo Monagas Gobernador y Command. General de la Provincia de Barcelona." Usual folds, lightly foxed and toned at edges, a few ink burns to margin of second leaf not affecting text.
An interesting document providing military instructions in twelve articles from Bolivar to Jose Tadeo Monagas, a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence and eventual two term President of Venezuela. Here Monagas is ordered to build up troops in the resistance stronghold city of Barcelona following a bloody attack there. On December 31st 1816, Bolivar had landed at Barcelona ending his most recent exile in Haiti. In April 1817, Bolivar left the city to commence the Siege of Angostura and a strong Royalist force under Morillo took advantage of Bolivar's departure to attack Barcelona. The vulnerable residents of the town and the small Republican force took refuge in La Casa Fuerte, a large administrative building built on an old convent, and held it for three days before being overtaken by Royalist forces, who killed all 1600 people within in one of the bloodiest events of the War of Independence. La Casa Fuerte had been under the command of Bolivar's English aide-de-camp and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Chamberlain who committed suicide at the scene rather than be tortured by the Spanish. The current instructions date from September 1817, following the successful liberation of Angostura, when Bolivar attempted to rebuild the brigades and defenses at Barcelona. The orders were presented to Monagas, who would engage in a series of major battles with Bolivar between 1817-1821 and by 1822 was appointed the civil and military governor of Barcelona and Commander of the Department of the Orinoco. We locate no document in the auction record referring to the events at Barcelona.
BOLIVAR, SIMON
Document signed providing instructions to Jose Tadeo Monagas following the siege of Barcelona. St. Thomas de la Guayana: 22 September 1817. 2 1/2 page document on a bifolium, the text in a secretarial hand and signed by Simon Bolivar ("Bolivar") at end. 12 x 8 1/2 inches (31 x 22 cm). The document headed "Instrucciones para el Senor General de Brigada Jose Tadeo Monagas Gobernador y Command. General de la Provincia de Barcelona." Usual folds, lightly foxed and toned at edges, a few ink burns to margin of second leaf not affecting text.
An interesting document providing military instructions in twelve articles from Bolivar to Jose Tadeo Monagas, a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence and eventual two term President of Venezuela. Here Monagas is ordered to build up troops in the resistance stronghold city of Barcelona following a bloody attack there. On December 31st 1816, Bolivar had landed at Barcelona ending his most recent exile in Haiti. In April 1817, Bolivar left the city to commence the Siege of Angostura and a strong Royalist force under Morillo took advantage of Bolivar's departure to attack Barcelona. The vulnerable residents of the town and the small Republican force took refuge in La Casa Fuerte, a large administrative building built on an old convent, and held it for three days before being overtaken by Royalist forces, who killed all 1600 people within in one of the bloodiest events of the War of Independence. La Casa Fuerte had been under the command of Bolivar's English aide-de-camp and Lieutenant Colonel Charles Chamberlain who committed suicide at the scene rather than be tortured by the Spanish. The current instructions date from September 1817, following the successful liberation of Angostura, when Bolivar attempted to rebuild the brigades and defenses at Barcelona. The orders were presented to Monagas, who would engage in a series of major battles with Bolivar between 1817-1821 and by 1822 was appointed the civil and military governor of Barcelona and Commander of the Department of the Orinoco. We locate no document in the auction record referring to the events at Barcelona.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Apr 17, 2019
