Raynor HCA 2014-04
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Mexican War Broadside, 9” x 5-3/4", printed in Spanish on excellent crisp pale green paper, backed with polyester, an order Abolishing Taxes in Occupied Areas, General Headquarters, Puebla, Mexico, VG. Translation in full: "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. - Puebla, May 27, 1847 - By this order, it is hereby decreed that all rights, taxes or tolls, be they internal, local or international, on all types of provisions that are needed by or handed over to the United States troops, are hereby abolished and it is prohibitive to charge these tariffs, while the said troops are occupying the area; this decree covers all points of the rearguard and up to thirty leagues on both sides of the line of occupation. - By order of General Worth. - W.W. Mackal, A.A.G." One of many General Orders printed on army field presses as American forces advanced towards Mexico City and occupied territory along the way. This order, which prohibited Mexican provincial governments from collecting taxes on goods sold to American troops, was issued by Gen. William J. Worth, a veteran of the Seminole War. Worth had fought under Zachary Taylor in the northern campaign that culminated with the capture of Monterrey. Transferred to the command of Winfield Scott, he distinguished himself in the victorious advance from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, which Worth was the first American to enter, receiving the surrender of the capital. In 1848 he was given command of the Dept. of Texas, but his career was cut short by cholera.
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