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Simón Bolívar Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1060
Abstract

These papers relate to Benjamin Clement's offer to help Simón Bolívar seek exile in Jamaica, to the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, and to Bolívar's sword and cloak, which ended up in Clement's possession.

Dates: 1830 - 1861
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Simón Bolívar Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0835
Abstract

This collection contains a commission naming Jose Duran as Captain of the Escuadron on July 22, 1824. The commission is signed by Simón Bolívar.

Dates: 1824 July 22
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

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