SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE, Mexican General and President. Letter signed ("Ant. Lopez de Santa Anna", with flourishes) to the Commander of Perote, "Republican Liberation Army", [n.p., Veracruz], 6 September 1846. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, two tiny holes in margins, in Spanish. A good military letter. After the annexation of Texas in December 1845, war with Mexico erupted. By this date American forces had already seized towns and forts in California and New Mexico and defeated Mexican armies at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; preparations were being made for a full-scale invasion. In August former Mexican President Santa Anna was recalled from exile (he had fled following a mutiny against his dictatorship in 1845) to defend his homeland. In this letter, written a few weeks after his return to Vera Cruz, Santa Anna orders the commander of the fortress of Perote [west of Vera Cruz] to inform a group of imprisoned soldiers, who were nearing the end of their sentences, that they are to report to Veracruz to join the artillery corps stationed there, explaining that this measure is required for "the safety of the nation, bitterly set upon by our external enemies," and giving instructions for their transport under guard to Veracruz.

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SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE, Mexican General and President. Letter signed ("Ant. Lopez de Santa Anna", with flourishes) to the Commander of Perote, "Republican Liberation Army", [n.p., Veracruz], 6 September 1846. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, two tiny holes in margins, in Spanish. A good military letter. After the annexation of Texas in December 1845, war with Mexico erupted. By this date American forces had already seized towns and forts in California and New Mexico and defeated Mexican armies at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; preparations were being made for a full-scale invasion. In August former Mexican President Santa Anna was recalled from exile (he had fled following a mutiny against his dictatorship in 1845) to defend his homeland. In this letter, written a few weeks after his return to Vera Cruz, Santa Anna orders the commander of the fortress of Perote [west of Vera Cruz] to inform a group of imprisoned soldiers, who were nearing the end of their sentences, that they are to report to Veracruz to join the artillery corps stationed there, explaining that this measure is required for "the safety of the nation, bitterly set upon by our external enemies," and giving instructions for their transport under guard to Veracruz.