Broadside of proclamation by Augustin Iturbide decreeing a tax on playing cards

In: Samuel Bangs Collection

Abstract

LOPEZ, GASPAR ANTONIO, Mexican Political Chief of the Province of Texas, Broadside signed by Lopez with rubric, Monterrey, February 7, 1822. Proclamation by Iturbide issued in the name of the Soberana Junta decreeing a tax on playing cards ostensibly to restrict gambling during this period of the Regency. 1 p.