[United States Constitution]: [Washington, George]:

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CONSTITUCION FEDERAL DE LOS ESTADOS-UNIDOS DE AMERICA, CON DOS DISCURSOS DEL GENERAL WASHINGTON. This is the first Mexican printing of the United States Constitution, accompanied by two important addresses by George Washington. This work was produced in anticipation of Mexican independence from Spain, and the U.S. Constitution in particular provided inspiration to the drafters of the constitution of newly-independent Mexico. Written in 1824, it was the first constitution of Mexico as a sovereign state, and the constitution under which the colonization of Texas by Americans would take place. It is ample evidence of the transnational influence on the United States Constitution on emerging democracies, in this case America's neighbor to the south.All seven articles of the United States Constitution are printed in full in Spanish in a section that is headed by a Federal garland ornament. The names of all the signers are given at the conclusion of the main text. This is followed by a section printing the first twelve amendments, titled here as "Correcciones," an interesting interpretation of the role of constitutional amendments. The final page contains the text of an amendment passed by the House and Senate (and signed in print by Senate President pro tem John Gaillard and House Speaker J.B. Varnum) prohibiting any American citizen from accepting a title of nobility or honor from a foreign government, under threat of losing one's American citizenship and holding any further elect

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