En La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad Puerto de Santa María de Buenos-Ayres á diez y seis de Abril de mil ochocientos quince los Señores del Excmo. Ayuntamiento, á saber D. Miguel Estanislao Soler Comandante General de Armas, D. Francisco Antonio Escalada, y D. Francisco Belgrano Alcaldes de primero y segundo Voto y Regidores D. Manuel Oliden, D. José Clemente Cueto, D. Mariano Vidal, D. Laureano Ruf1no, D. Diego Barros, D. Gaspar de Ugarte, D. Juan de Alsina, D. Romualdo Segurola, D. Manuel Zamudio, D. Manuel Bustamante, y el Dr D. Mariano Tagle Síndico Personero del Comun. Por quanto en las apuradas circunstancias....
Buenos Ayres: [Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos], 1815. Broadside. 4to. First edition. About very good, with chipped edges barely touching first letter of text on a few lines, leaf browned. Furlong IV, 3170a. Zinny: Bibliografía histórica p. 129, No. 19. Fors: p.55-6. Item #37088
The Cabildo retook control, as stated in this document, which Zinny dates to 16 April 1815. On the prior day, Carlos María de Alvear, who'd been appointed to replace his uncle Posadas as Supreme Director on January 9, 1815, at the age of 25, resigned under pressure due to a mutiny among his troops. Alvear never had much support from the countryside nor from his troops, his negotations with Artigas failed, and his eventual attempt at seeking British intervention led to his exile. Thus the Cabildo "por la disolucion absoluta de las [autoridades] que la ejercian, ha vendio en declarario asi, reasumiendo provisoriamente por la premura de las circunstancias la Autoridad Soberana del Peublo, con la extension de la facultades que le son propias y con la calidad de nombrar immediatamente un Gobierno Provisorio..." Signed José Manuel Godoy in type. Rare. OCLC shows copies at BN Chile and JCB.
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