BOLIVAR, SIMON Two letters signed to General Mariano Montilla, one with autograph postscript. The first letter Soledad: 5 November 1830. Two page letter in Spanish on recto and verso of one folded sheet, signed "Bolivar," 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23.5 x 19 cm), some uneven toning along folds, else fine; the second Barranquilla: 18 November 1830. Two page letter in Spanish on recto and verso of one folded sheet, signed "Bolivar" and with a six line postscript in his hand, 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23.5 x 19 cm), some irregular toning as above. Two letters from Bolivar to Major General Montilla of the Venzuelan Army, written as he faced his final illness and as his political control was crumbling. In the first letter, Bolivar warns Montilla of the coming of Spanish General Jeronimo Valdes and other fearful premonitions resulting from the Rio Hacha insurrection. In the second letter, he reports on the speech of a Bishop which quelled an insurecction at Cienaga and writes (in translation), "With troops alone one achieves nothing, and then when they fail everything is lost," and closes the letter with the postscript, "I think you should act with moderation toward the people of Cienaga and contribute by all possible means to the pacification of the Hacha." These letters sold Christie's New York, 5 December 1991, lots 13 & 14 respectively. Published in Lecuna, Vicente. Cartas del Libertador, Tome IX, Caracas, 1929, p. 365 & 391. C
BOLIVAR, SIMON Two letters signed to General Mariano Montilla, one with autograph postscript. The first letter Soledad: 5 November 1830. Two page letter in Spanish on recto and verso of one folded sheet, signed "Bolivar," 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23.5 x 19 cm), some uneven toning along folds, else fine; the second Barranquilla: 18 November 1830. Two page letter in Spanish on recto and verso of one folded sheet, signed "Bolivar" and with a six line postscript in his hand, 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23.5 x 19 cm), some irregular toning as above. Two letters from Bolivar to Major General Montilla of the Venzuelan Army, written as he faced his final illness and as his political control was crumbling. In the first letter, Bolivar warns Montilla of the coming of Spanish General Jeronimo Valdes and other fearful premonitions resulting from the Rio Hacha insurrection. In the second letter, he reports on the speech of a Bishop which quelled an insurecction at Cienaga and writes (in translation), "With troops alone one achieves nothing, and then when they fail everything is lost," and closes the letter with the postscript, "I think you should act with moderation toward the people of Cienaga and contribute by all possible means to the pacification of the Hacha." These letters sold Christie's New York, 5 December 1991, lots 13 & 14 respectively. Published in Lecuna, Vicente. Cartas del Libertador, Tome IX, Caracas, 1929, p. 365 & 391. C
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