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CARRERA, José Miguel (1785–1821). A los Chilenos su compatriota… [Montevideo?]: N.p., 1818.
Letterpress broadside, large 8vo (235 x 178 mm). Modern quarter red niger gilt; slipcase. A rare proclamation calling on all Chileans to take up arms against the Director of Buenos Aires to reestablish freedom in Chile. Carrera, a Chilean general and a founding leader of the Chilean War of Independence during the period of the Patria Vieja (1810–1814), would eventually end slavery in Chile, abolish titled nobility, and found the first free newspaper in the nation. After living in exile due to his opposition of the leaders of Independent Argentina and Chile, Carrera – a promoter of the Argentine federalist war – defeated the Directorship government in Argentina and entered Buenos Aires with his federalist army. On 23 February 1820, they signed the Treaty of Pilar, establishing the new Argentine federal system. Carrera, with his newly acquired wealth and troops, marched towards Chile to overthrow the Supreme Director Bernardo O’Higgins but was intercepted by a large force and taken prisoner. On 4 September 1821, the general would be put on public trial and eventually hung. Today, he is considered one of Chileans “Padres de la Patria” (Fathers of the Nation). We could locate only one institutional holding in the United States (Harvard Library). BNC 000062757.