EL DIRECTOR SUPREMO DE LA REPÚBLICA DE CHILE. ATIENDO A LOS MERITOS Y SERVICIOS DE [DN. JOSÉ ANDRES DROGUETE;...] [caption title].
O'Higgins, Bernardo:
[Santiago, Chile, nd, but ca. 1821]. Broadside printed form, 12 x 8 inches. Folio. Accomplished in manuscript, signed by O'Higgins and his sccretary, with paper seal attached. Additional contemporary manuscript inscriptions at top and bottom of page and on blank verso. A few minor instances of soiling. A very good copy. An extremely rare printed form, signed by Bernardo O'Higgins and accomplished in manuscript. The document confers the rank and privileges of Subteniente, or Second Lieutenant, on José Andres Droguete, an officer in the first company of the seventh battalion of the National Guard Infantry in the city of Talca, Chile. The official form is signed by O'Higgins, the ruler of Chile from its independence from Spain in 1818 until 1823, and has attached its original official paper seal. Such printed forms are notoriously rare. OCLC records a single copy at the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile referring to the advancement of another military figure, also signed by O'Higgins with a government seal attached. OCLC 55299549 (ref).
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