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Title: Esposición que el Gobernador de la Provincia de Mariquita presenta a la Cámara de la misma en las sesiones de 1847
Creator: Silvestre, Luis Maria
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta por Vicente Lozada, 1847.
Physical Details: 21p. ; 26 x 20 cms.
Physical Condition: Wrappers stained, dirtied and loose. Interior pages are fair.

Summary: Luis Maria Silvestre, Governor of the Province of Mariquita, here reports to the province’s House of Representatives on the state of the judicial, executive and financial systems. He also reports on the state of the communication infrastructure, public lands, religious groups, indigenous issues, schools, law enforcement and health.
Historical Notes: From 1811 to 1816 the political organization of Nueva Granada divided the territory into departments. Each department was divided into provinces. The Department of Cundinamarca was initially formed by the provinces of Mariquita, Neiva, Bogotá and Antioquia. Luis Ángel Arango, Biblioteca 2014 La Gran Colombia. In Cartografía del Tolima Grande. http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/geografia/carto/carto06.htm. Bogotá: Banco de la República.
Donor Notes: Detailed report by the governor of Mariquita province in 1847: its roads, bridges, schools et al. - J.L.H.


Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: P01664
Record Number: 324
Islandora ID: islandora:9026
OCLC Number: 981414438