Chile and Spain: The Whole Question Officially Stated. Part 1. The Question Settled; Part 2. The Question Reopened
n.p., 1865. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Item #272764
ISBN: 281AIB1053223
50 pages. Part 1. The Question Settled, 4 documents presented; Part 2, 14 documents presented. Hostilities threatened by Spain against Chile with attempted mediation by the international community. The last document is addressed to 'Honorable Members of the Foreign Diplomatic Body' from '53 of the largest Foreign Commercial Houses in Valparaiso' 'beg(ging) in the strongest manner to express our conviction that measures of so highhanded injustice, undertaken without adequate warning, are contrary to the rights and duties of the representatives of civilized nations...The Foreign Commercial Body...unanimously resolved to address you collectively to suggest that all the foreign force under your influence or command in these seas be brought to this port without delay for the protection of our interests.' First edition (first printing). Very good copy in brown wrappers (paperback). Wrappers are headed 'To the Enlightened Press of the United States,' signed by R. Vicuna Mackenna, New York, requesting editors to 'lend their potent assistance to the circulation of the truth as herein shown, but also add the more weighty aid of their own expressions on the side of Right.'.
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