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Title: T.C. de Mosquera, Gran General, Presidente constitutional de Colombia, peso indebiamente en el Observatorio de Bogota, a sus compatrioatas!
Creator: Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta de Echeverria Hermanos, October 15, 1867.
Physical Details: 29 x 20 9/10 cm

Summary: This note signed by Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera refers to events on May 23, 1864 in which Mosquera's enemites attempted to assassinate him. He credits General Acosta with having saved his life. He also mentions that the young man who tried to kill him is now a major in the battalion that protects Mosquera.
Historical Notes: Several other broadsides in the Helguera Collection refer to this and other assassination attempts against Mosquera. A few of them are in this database including "Tentativa de asesinato" (record #437), "Roberto Morales y Tomás C. de Mosquera" (record #474), and "El escaño de Cartago" (record #501).

Subject(s): Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1858-1886
Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Related Items in the Collection: Roberto Morales y Tomás C. de Mosquera

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00780
Record Number: 443