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Document 76194

JOSÉ de SAN MARTIN
One of the Great Liberators writes of military matters just months before the Battle of Maipú which solidified Chile's freedom.
Rare ALS: "Jose de Sn Martin", 1p, 8x10½. Santiago, 1817 November 15. To the Most Excellent Supreme Governor Delegate. In Spanish, translated. In full: "I have given the appropriate orders so that the supreme decision of Your Excellency as communicated by the Ministry of War in a note day before yesterday directed to the appointment of twelve horse grenadiers to guard the coasts under the direction of Captain Don Francisco Bonfa Origuela take effect. I would like to save you the dismemberment of the State into those small parts which gradually lose discipline, cause bottlenecks in payments and may be replaced by soldiers of confidence, ordering their appointment to the Lieutenant Governors involved, if this meets with Your Excellency's supreme approval." José de San Martin (1778-1850), a master of military strategy, was one of the principal revolutionary fighters against royalist forces in South America. In January 1817, he started to cross the Andes. San Martin led his army 15,000 feet above sea level, a feat that has been compared to Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. His force consisted of about 3,000 infantry soldiers and 250 artillery troops. They crossed, divided into two columns, by the passage of Los Patos and the one of Uspallata. The two columns met in Santa Rosa of the Andes. On February 12, 1817, a few days after the passage of the Andes, the army, given the name "Army of the Andes", won the Battle of Chacabuco and some days after, San Martin entered the city of Santiago de Chile. San Martin was offered the supreme dictatorship of Chile, but he did not accept it in favor of his friend Bernardo O'Higgins. By winning the Battle of Maipú on April 5, 1818, royalists in Chile were defeated. Creased with folds. Lightly soiled. Lightly yellowed near mid-vertical fold. 3 file holes in blank margins, nicked at bottom blank edge at mid-vertical fold. Overall, fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 37¾x22¾.

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