El Escmo. Sr. Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, se ha servido dirigirme el decreto siguiente ... el Congreso general ha decretado lo que sigue ... Se faculta al Gobierno para concedér á la viuda de D. David H. Porter , una pension de ciento ochenta pesos mensales, la que en su fallecimiento pasara á sus hijos conforme al reglamento de monte pio
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Mexico, President (1824-1829 : Victoria) Mexico, Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Guerra y Marina Mexico. Congreso Mexico
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Decree issued by the Ministerio de Guerra y Marina during the administration of Guadalupe Victoria, granting a pension to the widow of David H. Porter, who had never married. Captain Porter was killed in a sea battle off the coast of Cuba in February 1828, while commanding the Mexican brig Guerrero in an attack on Spanish vessels Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Title from first lines of text Pages [3]-[4] blank At head of sheet: Secretaria de Guerra y Marina. Seccion 3a Dated and signed at end: México 27 de Marzo de 1828. G. Pedraza Se faculta al Gobierno para concedér á la viuda de D. David H. Porter una pension de ciento ochenta pesos mensales, la que en su fallecimiento pasara á sus hijos conforme al reglamento de monte pio México : publisher not identified
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image
Format
1 sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 22 x 31 cm, folded to 22 x 16 cm
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1301656r
Language
Spanish
Subject
Sources Politics and government Military pensions History Guerrero (Brig) Mexico Porter, David H. (David Henry), 1804-1828
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