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Title: Decreto (de 30 de enero de 1863.) sobre amnistia e indulto. T. C. de Mosquera, Presidente provisorio de los Estados Unidos de Colombia.
Creator: Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Publication Info: Rionegro : imprenta del gobierno, January 30, 1863.
Physical Details: 1 sheet ; 44.6 cm x 28.2 cm
Physical Condition: Very good. Minor creases and folds near edges. Slightly dog-eared and foxed.

Summary: A presidential decree announcing amnesty for political acts that took place during Civil War. President Tomás C. de Mosquera announces his intent to bring stability and peace to Colombia.
Historical Notes: T.C. de Mosquera led a rebellion against the Conservative Government between 1859-1862. He assumed the presidency by force in 1861. This document comes from the Rionegro Conference in which Mosquera and his administration sought to formalize their demands during the rebellion in a new constituion, which Congress passed in May of 1863. Bushnell, David. <i>The Making of Modern Colombia : A Nation in Spite of Itself.</i> Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Subject(s): Colombia -- History -- Civil War, 1860-1862
Colombia -- Law and legislation -- 19th century
Constitutions -- Colombia
Mosquera, T. C. de (Tomás Cipriano), 1798-1878
Related Items in the Collection: Decreto de 27 de julio de 1862, variando el lugar en que debe reunirse la Convención Nacional. T.C. de Mosquera, Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Colombia, Supremo Director de la Guerra, &. &.

Type: Broadside
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: B00805
Record Number: 489