Materials relating to William Walker, 1855-1856.

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Materials relating to William Walker, 1855-1856.

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Collection relates to William Walker's exploits in Mexico and Central America, and includes a mostly blank form for "Independence Loan for the Republic of Lower California" signed by Edmund Randolph; a page from an unidentified book describing "General Walker's fillibustering expeditions to Sonora, Nicaragua, and Honduras"; and a document signed by Wm. Walker and others, Jan. 4, 1856, which begins "Centro-America Republica de Nicaragua Patricio Rivas presidente provisorio..."

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Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...

Randolph, Edmund, 1819-1861

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