Item 41. Rodriguez. [Guatemala, 8-1-1829] Broadside. Órden N. I. [Begins:] Los CC. Diputados Secretarios de la Asambléa legislative del Estado, me han dirigido con esta fecha la órden que sigue: ,, [sic] En este dia se han constituido y formado en Segunda legislature ordinaria del Estado, con arreglo à las leyes de la material, los representantes nuevamente electos, y prestado el correspondiente juramento; acordando abrir sus sesiones ordinarias el jueves seis del corriente. Small 8vo. 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.