Broadside of proclamation by Augustin Iturbide establishing freedom of the press for the first time in Mexican history

In: Samuel Bangs Collection

Abstract

LOPEZ, GASPAR ANTONIO, Mexican Political Chief of the Province of Texas, Broadside signed by Lopez with rubric, Monterrey, March 27, 1822. Imperial proclamation of Iturbide establishing freedom of the press for the first time in Mexican history. It also decrees a reduction in the number of printed copies required of printers by the "Reglamento de la libertad de imprenta." 1 p.