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Title: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla letter to unknown recipient, 1810, November 13
Creator: Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel, 1753-1811
Date Created and/or Issued: 1810-11-13
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Hispanic History and Culture
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: In this letter to an unknown recipient, Costilla describes a conflict and retreat, and requests news and encouragement. In Spanish.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a Mexican priest whose early 19th-century rebellion against Spanish colonizers paved the way for the Mexican War of Independence. He is widely called the "Father of the Nation of Mexico."
Extent: 1 letter ; 30 cm : 3 pages, A.L.S.
Identifier: mssHM 19979
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll19/id/2084
Language: Spanish
Source: Hispanic History and Culture, Huntington Digital Library

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