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Title: Mensaje del Presidente del Estado de La Nueva Granada al congreso de 1834. Conciudadanos del senado, y cámara de representantes.
Creator: Santander, Francisco de Paula, 1792-1840
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta de N. Lora, March 01, 1834.
Physical Details: 4 pages ; 28 cm x 43 cm
Physical Condition: Very good. Minor fold creases and tears.

Summary: President Francisco de Paula Santander writes to the Colombian congress about various trade negotiations with Great Britain, France, the US, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Mentions successes and failures, and which countries he sees as potential allies or enemies. Mentions plans for inter-South American transportation networks. Also contains figures on prices and quantities of export products such as tobacco.
Historical Notes: Economic growth in Colombia was slow in the early and mid-nineteenth century. At the time, Colombia still lacked infrastructure such as railroads and steam navigation, making it difficult for early industrialists and large agricultural producers to export their products. Beginning in the 1830s, various Colombian presidents took it upon themselves to expand transportation infrastructure as a means of modernizing the nation. Bushnell, David. The Making of Modern Colombia : A Nation in Spite of Itself. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Subject(s): Agriculture and state -- Colombia
Colombia -- Commerce
Colombia -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Colombia -- History -- 19th century
Colombia -- Politics and government -- 1832-1858
Santander, Francisco de Paula, 1792-1840
Transportation -- Colombia
Related Items in the Collection: El Presidente de La República de la Nueva Granada encargado del poder ejecutivo, a la nación.

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00699
Record Number: 483