1839 Letter from Chilean Founding Father Bernardo O’Higgins, Written While Exiled in Peru, Discussing Sugar Trade and Canal Repairs.
Lima, Peru: June 1839. Single one-page letter measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ½ inches. Bernardo O’Higgins (c. 1778–1842) was a Chilean revolutionary leader and the first Supreme Director of Chile after the Chilean War of Independence. His father Ambrosio O’Higgins, the Governor of Chile and later Viceroy of Peru, sent.....