Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution: Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier Mina.

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Author: Robinson, William Davis (1774-?) Year: 1820 Publisher: Printed for the author [by] Lydia R. Bailey, printer Place: Philadelphia Description: xxxvi+396 pages Octavo (9" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with cloth spine and spine label. (Howes R380. Sabin 72202) First edition. Francisco Xavier Mina, Spanish revolutionist and filibuster, was born at Idoc�n, Navarre, in northern Spain, on December 3, 1789. As a student at the University of Zaragoza in 1808, when his countrymen rebelled against French control, he joined the Spanish liberals and quickly became a leading guerrilla. When Ferdinand VII returned to the Spanish throne and renounced the liberal constitution of 1812, Mina opposed him and was eventually forced to flee. In October 1814 he arrived in England, where he became acquainted with General Winfield Scott of the United States and Father Jos� Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra, an ardent Mexican liberal who encouraged Mina to strike at Ferdinand VII through an invasion of Mexico. Scott also is thought to have encouraged Mina and to have assured him of the support of the United States for an expedition to free Mexico from Spain. As a result of this encouragement Mina made preparations to form an expedition. On May 15, 1816, he left Liverpool in the ship Caledonia , expecting to attack Mexico. On June 20, 1816, the Caledonia reached Norfolk, Virginia. Mina left it there to proceed to Washington, while the ship moved on to Baltimore. At Washington he pre

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