Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

256 256 c   (TEXAS.) Barragán, Miguel. Mexican decree prohibiting Texas colonization on the eve of revolution. Letterpress broadside, 10 3 / 4 x 8 inches; disbound, bottom edge trimmed. Mexico, 25 April 1835 [1,000/1,500] With unrest mounting in Texas, this decree invalidated a recent decree by the government of Coahuila y Tejas which had announced 400 new land grants. It also put a temporary ban on any further colonization efforts in the border states. Streeter, Texas 833 discusses the decree, and notes “No copy has been located of the first separate publication of this.” This is apparently the first printing, signed in type by Secretary of State Gutierrez Estrada on the date of the original decree, and by interim president Barragán in the body of the text. OCLC traces one copy. 257 c   (TEXAS.) Justo Corro, José. Mexican decree establishing the Department of Texas (ten months after the Republic of Texas). Letterpress broadside, 12 1 / 4 x 8 1 / 2 inches; small holes in left corners, otherwise minimal wear. San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 7 January 1837 [600/900] Justo Corro, as interim president of Mexico, sets forth a new arrangement of departments, creating the Department of New Mexico, the Department of the Californias (alta y baja), and more. Most notably, the Department of Coahuila y Tejas was divided into two departments. As Texas was by that point under other management, this at least allowed Coahuila to function as a normal department. Article 4 declares that a new capital for Tejas would be established once order was restored. This printing was done by the department of San Luis de Potosí, 8 days after the original 30 December 1836 decree, and is signed in type by its governor Juan José Domínguez and secretary Francisco Estrada. This printing not found in OCLC. 257