Refutacion de la breve exposicion del S.D. Jose Maria Novoa, ex ministro de Estado en los Departamentos de Guerra y Marina.
Santiago de Chile: Imprenta de la Biblioteca, 1826. 43 pp. Sm. 8vo. Removed. First edition. A very good copy, removed from a larger volume, small chip to lower inner margin of title page, small duplicate release stamp on margin of last leaf. Item #38367
Manuel José Gandarillas (1789-1846), appointed Minister of Interior and Foreign Affairs in 1826 under the Freire government, had uncovered financial irregularities concerning contracts by the Minister of War, Jose Maria Novoa, who was then dismissed. Novoa published a pamphlet in 1826 defending himself and accusing Gandarillas of intriguing against him. In this pamphlet, Gandarillas refuted Novoa's accusation, and revealed '"in a clear and compelling manner the truth of what happened, and...contained other charges no less severe against the former Minister [Novoa]" according to Barra Arana in his Historia General de Chile. OCLC locates copies at Yale and BN Chile.
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