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(MONTERREY—1820.) Arredondo, Joaquín de.
El dia 15 del corriente mes
tengo señalado de acuerdo con el Ylustre Ayuntamiento Constitucional de esta
ciudad para la solemne publicacion en ella de la Constitucion política de la
Monarquia Española.
Letterpress broadside, 30 x 21 cm, on verso of sealed paper, signed
in type by Arredondo with his manuscript paraph, and by Francisco Pérez as secretary;
folds, minimal dampstaining, disbound.
Monterrey: [Samuel Bangs],August 1820
[4,000/6,000]
A proclamation on the restoration of the Spanish constitution of 1812, issued by the Royalist
military commandant of Monterrey. It stipulates that the constitution to be republished, that all
officials take an oath in support of it, and that prisoners be freed.
Samuel Bangs (1798-1854) had accompanied the 1817 Mina filibustering expedition to
Mexico. En route he was the first to operate a printing press in Texas. He was captured along
with the rest of the expedition, but avoided execution because Arredondo wanted to put his
printing talents to work for the Royalists. These 1820 broadsides were the first Monterrey
imprints. Bangs remained a printer-prisoner until freed by Mexican independence. Jenkins,
Printer inThree Republics 14, and pages 10-11.