Gobierno de Durango. Antonio Maria de Esparza Individuo de la Junta Departamental de Durango, en Ejercicio del Poder Ejecutivo del Mismo, a Sus Habitantes, Sabed: Que por la Secretaria de hacienda Se Me Ha Dirigido el Decreto Siguiente... [caption title]

Victoria de Durango: January 19, 1836. Near fine.. Broadside, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Contemporary manuscript rubrics. Very minor dust soiling. The Durango bando printing of this rare Mexican decree, in which the acting President orders that the Mexican government commandeer half the income of the states to prosecute the war against Texas -- "El Gobierno solo podrá disponer hasta de la mitad de las rentas de los Departamentos mientras subsista la guerra provocada por los colonos de Tejas...."

"The series of alarming events of rebellion in Texas, culminating with the Siege of Bexar in late 1835, prompted authorities in Mexico to issue this decree to raise the funds needed to underwrite Santa Anna and his army of about five thousand ill-provisioned green recruits who were enduring the frightful ordeal of marching six hundred miles from San Luis Potosí to San Antonio in the dead of winter across the desert to punish the Texans. Santa Anna had energy and nerve, but not a cent in his war chest. The same might be said of the Texans" -- Sloan. OCLC shows just three copies of the Mexico City printing, at Yale, Baylor, and the University of Texas; none of the present Durango promulgation.
Eberstadt 162:868 (ref). Sloan 6:53 (ref). Streeter Texas 871 (ref).