Decreto numro 135.

Published by Leona Vicario: 19th April, 1830.

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Single sheet (7 x 6 2/8 inches) printed on recto only, annotated and signed by local officials. Decree number 135. Repealing Decree number 44, and so creating the town of Nava the capital of Rio Grande. Issued by Governor Jose Maria Viesca, and Santiago del Valle (father of the Mexican novelist and historian Artemio del Valle Arizpe and later governor of the state during the Porfiriato). The Spanish provinces of Coahuila and Texas were governed as a unit intermittently during the late 17th- and early 18th-centuries until about 1726 when the two provinces were separated. In 1785 Saltillo and Parras with their surrounding territory were detached from Nuevo Viscaya and added to Coahuila. Under the Mexican Constitution of 1824 he provinces of Coahuila and Texas were rejoined with the capital at Saltillo. On august 15, 1824 the Congreso Constituyente of the new state convened to draft a constitution which was adopted on March 11, 1827. By May 21, 1835 that Congreso had adopted 325 decrees covering a great variety of subjects including the ordinances of the various towns of the state, amendments to existing laws, and some repeals of prior laws" (McKnight, pages iv and v). José María Viesca, Mexican governor of Coahuila and Texas, was a native of Saltillo, Coahuila. He represented Coahuila as a member of the deputation of the Estado Interno de Oriente at the National Constitutional Convention of 1823-24. He was a member of the legislature of Coahuila and Texas in 1824 and was the first governor to be elected under the state Constitution of 1827; he served in that capacity from his election on July 4, 1827, until April 4, 1831. He was the brother of Agustín Viesca. Kimball pages 150-152; not in Streeter.…

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Title
Decreto numro 135.
Author
Laws and Decrees of the State of Coahuila and Texas in Spanish.
Publisher
Leona Vicario: 19th April, 1830.
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Arader Galleries has specialized in the field of color-plate books and early works on paper for over fifty years. Our main specialisms are Americana, Maps/Atlases, Voyages and Natural History (with a special focus on the works of John James Audubon). We would be delighted to answer any questions you may have about any of the books listed on ABE or to welcome you to our gallery in New York.

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