Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 [Decreto]

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Title
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 [Decreto]
Translated Title
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867 [Decree]
Date
c.Feb 1866
Document Type
  • Correspondence
  • Official Record
Language
  • Spanish
Collection
  • Antonio Cordero correspondence as Commandant General of the Western Provincias Internas (or ad interim Commandant General) : LS, 1819-1821
Contents
Decree (draft or copy) addressed to the Minister of Development, approving and quoting the text of a contract proposed by Mathew Fontaine Maury, Francisco de Garay, and Jorge L. Hammeken (in response to a proclamation of January 20-22, 1866) for the formation and operation of a company to drain and canalize the Valley of Mexico, containing an order for implementation by the Minister. With marginal notes in an unidentified hand, criticizing certain features of the contract.
Reference
BANC MSS M-M 1812
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