Return of Santa Anna After his Capture by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - 1837: Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana. Núm. 664.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Jose Maria Tornel; Juan. N. Almonte; Jose Justo Corro. Suplemento al Diario del Gobierno de la Republica Mexicana. Núm. 664. Mexico: Imprenta Del Aguila dirigida por José Ximeno, 1837. Broadsheet on watermarked laid paper. Printed on both sides. 31 x 21.5 cm. 4 pp. Text on 3 pp. Minor staining on the upper and lower margins. Very Good.

OCLC shows 1 holding (Yale) Streeter, Texas 919. Includes letters written by Santa Anna and others on his return to Veracruz on February 20, 1837. "The first letter dated Veracruz, February 20, 1837, is to the Secretary of War. Here Santa Anna denies categorically that he had signed any agreements affecting the dignity or independence of Mexico, or the integrity of its territory, and says that he would have died rather than be unfaithful to his country. A letter to the acting president, Jose Justo, Corro, follows, to the same effect with the added information that he will prepare a manifesto to the country. There are also letters by Juan Almonte and others. Letters of Antonio de Castro, the Commandant at Veracruz, to President Corro, and to the Secretary of War report and emphatic denial by Santa Anna that he had sold or agreed to sell Texas." – Streeter. Santa Anna also addresses ending the war in Texas and the prisoners of the Battle of San Jacinto:

"I will also present my opinion regarding the most appropriate means of ending that war, for the use that the Supreme Powers may see fit to make."

"The unhappy situation of the prisoners of San Jacinto demands a compassionate look from the Government, and I strongly implore it from this moment on. Some pecuniary relief by way of New Orleans would provide them for the time being with better subsistence and much-needed clothing. They lost their freedom in the service of the country, and if they are not attended in this misfortune, this would introduce discouragement among the other enthusiastic servants of the Nation."

"At my departure from Texas, Mr. Samuel Houston (to whose good behavior I dedicate my existence and freedom) indicated me that he was considering to place said prisoners at the disposal of the Mexican consul in Orleans, so that he could transport them to this port; but shortly after the expedition prepared under the orders of the Nicolas Bravo were announced. It is probable that it has changed its purpose, as it happened with me if my departure was postponed for six more days, because vulgar people there extremely agitated."

The Almonte letter to Tornel includes the following:

"My very dear friend, I take advantage of a few, to inform you that with the favor of divine Providence we have escaped from the clutches of the bandits of Texas, and their "nice" friends. We will see each other soon, and you will know about our extensive chain of sufferings."

A rare and important document regarding Santa Anna's capture and return to Mexico