[Mexican-American War]: [Anaya, Pedro Maria]:

$1,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

EL C. IGNACIO TRIGUEROS, GOBERNDOR DEL DISTRITO FEDERAL. POR EL MINISTERIO DE GUERRA Y MARINA SE ME HA COMMUNICADO ED DECRETO SIGUIENTE. EL EXMO. SEÑOR PRESIDENTE SUSTITUTO SE HA SERVIDO DIRIGIRME ... An unrecorded broadside decree from interim President of Mexico, Pedro Maria Anaya, with orders to prepare for invasion and siege from the United States. Jose Ignacio Gutierrez, then Secretary of War and Navy, communicated the present decree to Ignacio Trigueros, Governor of the Federal District, who authorized its publication. This broadside, published after the American siege and subsequent occupation of Veracruz and the defeat of Mexican forces at Cerro Gordo, lays the foundation in eight articles for the Mexican people to thwart an expected siege by the United States. These articles include the ability of a Mexican territory to declare a siege to trigger military rule, with the declaration then being approved by "the Supreme Government" in consultation with "gentlemen governors or political leaders." Once a state of siege is declared (in our translation), "The fortresses, all artillery points, and the headquarters of the divisions that operate against the enemy, will be considered in a state of siege." The decree then states that once a siege has been declared, the army may use its authority to gather food and supplies from the area, can occupy or destroy buildings as required, and that all male inhabitants between the ages of 15 and 60 years would be required to "maintain o

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