Item 25. Cortés, Domingo. [Guatemala, 7-22-1826] Broadside. … Decreto. El gefe del Estado de Guatemala. Por cuanto la Asamblea legislativa tubo a bien decretar lo que sigue. [Begins:] La Asamblea Legislativa del estado de Guatemala, teniendo en concideracion que el decreto número 18 dado por la Asamblea constituyente no expresa si el tambor maior y pìfanos que componen parte de la plana maior en la milicia active deban ser veteranos; teniendo presente que lo han sido en las milicias disiplinadas y que éstas plazes son necesarias para la fuerza del Estado, ha tenido a bien decetar y decreta…. Folio. 1p.

Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal, beginning with the heyday of nation formation from 1776 to 1815 and ending with the building of the Panama Canal in the early twentieth century. Many of the documents are original government publications such as constitutions, decrees, or presidential and congressional messages, and broadsides and pamphlets serving as public statements regarding the political and social events of the time. Other items of note include George F. Dunham's "A Journey to Brazil on the Good Ship Montpelier," an 1853 first hand description of slavery and plantation life in Brazil, and the first Mexico City printing (1821) of Augustin de Iturbide's Plan de Iguala.