CÁRDENAS (Adán, 1836-1916, President of Nicaragua 1883-1887)

Finely penned Document signed, in Spanish with translation, to the Council of Ministers of Peru with Executive Power, thanking them warmly for their letter saying that Generals Miguel Iglesias and Andrés Avelino Cáceres have reach an accord, bringing to an end the Civil War, and that the Council have assumed power pending a free election, and sending his wishes for them personally and for the prosperity of the "sister Republic", 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Managua, 12th March

Cárdenas was no stranger to war. In March 1885 he joined forces with Salvador and Costa Rica against Honduras and Guatemala, whose President Ruffino Barrios had proclaimed himself head of the armies of all five, in order to unite the Central American states under himself. Peace returned when Barrios was killed in the April.

Item Date:  1886

Stock No:  52530      £325

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