Item 26. Leon, Juan José de. [Guatemala, 5-22-1826] Broadside. … Decreto. El gefe del Estado de Guatemala. Por cuanto la Asamblea legislativa tubo à bien decretar lo que sigue. [Begins:] La Asamblea Legislativa del estado de Guatemala, conciderando: que por decreto de la Asamblea Nacional constituyente de 13 de Enero de 1824, se mandarin establecer catedras de filosofia en todos los pueblos de los Estados donde se puedan dotar, ó los maestros que quieran enseñar gratuitamente: que la habilitacion de los maestros cuando no sean bachilleres en la facultad, se comete por esta ley a las disputacions provinciales. 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.