Collection of Agustín de Iturbide papers, 1746-1824.

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Collection of Agustín de Iturbide papers, 1746-1824.

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Agustín de Iturbide was first emperor of Mexico. Some handwritten transcripts of imprints and correspondence related to Iturbide's reign as emperor. Included are handwritten letters from Antonio Lopéz de Santa Anna (1795-1876) to Iturbide regarding the Plan de Iguala and Tratados de Córdoba and the elections of deputies of the Cortes; copies of letters from John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), U.S. Secretary of State, to Jóse Manuel de Herrera (1776?-1831), Minister of Foreign Relations of Mexico, concerning diplomatic relations; period copies of official notes between Simon Bolivar and Iturbide signed by Bolivar; and explanation to Lord Thomas Cochran Dundonald (1775-1860), 1824, relating Iturbide's decision to return to Mexico where he was then executed. Also included are two lithographs of Iturbide as emperor, ca. 1822-1823 by Hesiquio Iriarte and Decaen. The Decaen lithograph appears to be autographed by Iturbide.

1 folder (25 items)

Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Iturbide, Agustín de, 1783-1824

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First emperor of Mexico. Born 1783 in Valladolid (Morelia); executed July 19, 1824, in Padilla, Tamaulipas. Iturbide joined the army in 1800, by 1810 was fighting with the royalists, and by 1820 held the rank of colonel. In February 1821 he and Vicente Guerrero signed the Plan de Iguala and created the Ejército Trigarante. In August 1821 Iturbide and viceroy Juan O'Donoju signed the Tratado de Córdoba, ending the war and giving Mexico independence. Iturbide was proclaimed emperor in May 1822 b...

Decaen

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Iriarte, Hesiquio.

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