Exposicion Que Dirige al Soberano Congreso Nacional, el Gobierno del Departamento de Yucatan

Merida: Imprenta de Castillo y Compania, 1845. Good plus.. 40pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, some wear and minor loss at corners. Light dampstaining at fore-edge; scattered, light foxing. Small, faint ink stamp on title page. A scarce appeal by the pro-Mexican faction in the Yucatan for the full reincorporation of the province into Mexico. The region had declared itself an independent republic in 1841 and rebuffed military attempts at reoccupation in 1842 and 1843. In exchange for the restoration of trade, the Yucatan accepted a Mexican provincial governor but retained autonomy until after the Mexican-American War. This pamphlet prints the appeal of the governor, José Tiburcio Lopez, who rather dubiously asserts that the return of the Yucatan to Mexico is the unanimous wish of its inhabitants, and that certain political dalliances, such as those with Texas and the United States, were in fact unwanted foreign interventions. The appendix at the rear prints pro-Mexican declarations from leading Yucatan political figures as well as some information on the contemporary agricultural and manufacturing production of the region. An unusual "Republic of Yucatan" imprint; OCLC locates only a small handful of copies.