LS in Spanish, signed “Bolivar,” one page, 7.25 x 9, October 17, 1888. Letter to Baptis Irvine, agent of the United States in Venezuela, in part (translated): "I have the honor of returning you the note you had the goodness to address to me, of the 19th inst. If at the time of receiving it I could have inspected that you had neither changed to tone or subject, I would have returned it unopened, because the discussion of the captures being terminated on my part, I neither can nor ought admit any communication concerning them." He advises that further communications on the matter be directed through the secretary of state. A manuscript translation to English has been penned on the reverse. In fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and overall silking.
In 1818, Baptis Irvine was sent on a special mission to negotiate with Bolivar over the capture by Venezuela of two American merchant ships: the State Department desired restitution of the vessels and their property. His reports back to the State Department were significant, as he was the only American to have extensive personal contact and correspondence with the 'Great Liberator.'
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