Perou

1811 · 3541 — Lima: April 24 1811. About very good. Broadside approximately 17 x 15.75 inches. Printed on two joined sheets. Some worming affecting a few words of text; larger losses reinforced with tissue on blank verso. Light toning and scattered small patches of staining. Contemporary manuscript rubric at foot. A scare late Spanish colonial broadside regarding appointments and alterations to administrative councils that had authority over Peru particularly the Supreme Council of the Indies. The text of this decree issued by Viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa in Lima on April 24 1811 promulgates orders from the King-in-exile Ferdinand VII and the Supreme Central Council that concerned the appointment of new officers and members of the Council of the Indies and several other government positions in the Spanish American colonies. The Supreme Central Council was a body that administered Spanish interests for the King during a six-year period following his abdication forced by Napoleon. OCLC locates one other copy at the John Carter Brown Library; Medina adds only his own example.<br /> Medina Lima 2596. Vargas Ugarte 3572. April 24 unknown