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Dated and signed on p. [2]: Dado, firmado por mi mano, y refrendado por el secretario de marina y guerra, en el palacio del gobierno en Bogotá á 81 [sic] de agosto de 1824--14--Francisco de P. Santander--por s[u] e[xcelencia] el vice-presidente--Pedro Briceño Mendes.

The Republic of Gran Colombia lasted from 1819-1831 and encompassed the present day countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela, and parts of northern Peru, western Guyana, and northwest Brazil. Simón Bolívar served as its first president from 1819-1830 from the capital in Bogotá. It dissolved in November of 1831 due to the political differences and tensions among the peoples of the different present day countries, which made up the republic.

Decree issued in Guayaquil in October 1824 by Francisco de Paula Santander, Vice President of Colombia. Includes fifteen articles regarding the obligatory formation of militias composed of men between the ages of 16 and 50, who must enroll in order to defend the republic from its enemies, in particular from Spain.

Purchase; 2018; 18-247.