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Title: República da la…..
Creator: Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Publication Info: Barranquilla : s.n., June 08, 1854.
Physical Condition: Right corner ripped; title cut off.

Historical Notes: In 1854, José María Melo led a successful coup against President José María Obando and installed a dictatorship. His repressive rule brought together warring fraction of the Liberal Party including long-time enemies Obando and Mosquera. Bushnell, David. The Making of Modern Colombia : A Nation in Spite of Itself. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
Donor Notes: Gen Mosquera, in Barranquilla, assumed command of Magdelena river traffic, and of all military retireers in the area, whom he calls to arms against the Melo regime, 1854. - J.L.H.

Subject(s): Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1832-1858
Melo, José María, 1800-1860
Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Related Items in the Collection: El General Tomás C. de Mosquera a los Granadinos

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00948
Record Number: 452