^Lot 274 Benito Juarez

Indigenous Mexican statesman (1806–1872) who served as president of that country from 1858 until his death. Juárez is best known for his sweeping reforms and for his role in ousting the Emperor Maximilian during Mexico’s civil conflicts of the 1860s. LS in Spanish, to D.E. Leffevre, in Brussels, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 7.5 x 9.75, August 28, 1869. Juarez accepts to pay for the taxes on a thousand volumes of a book sent by Leffevre, now held at Vera Cruz customs. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, some light creasing and wrinkling, and dampstaining along right edge, affecting just a few words of text. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope.