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1822 April 17.
Collectanea

Morn Chron. April 17, 1822

"Mexico

"An account is given of the late transactions in this Vice-royalty
& an outline produced of the Constitution proposed
by Stierbide.

To conclude these documents, we find a long dispatch
& inclosures volunteered by an American citizen at Mexico, dated
the 25th Octr 1821, containing minute & circumstantial details
of the late Revolution in that Portion of Spanish America.
We have only room for the following paragraph:–

"Before the insurrection of the year 1810, the kingdom contained
6,000,000 of inhabitants, & it is worthy of remark. Providence
has been no less lavish in the distribution of her
gifts as respects mankind, than in the fertility & production of
the earth; the natives of this country not excepting even the Indians
being endowed with a quickness of perception & ability to acquire
& make themselves masters of the arts & sciences that is very notable,
& far exceeds that of the inhabitants of Old Spain &
perhaps many other countries. At the abovementioned
period the Kingdom may be said too have been at its acme of
prosperity: the Royal Revenue exceeding 20,000,000 dollars
& the money coined at the mint of this city upwards of 28,000,000
dollars annually; it has however ever since been on the
decline, in consequence of the devastations committed by
both parties, in the long & cruel war carried on between the
Europeans & Americans, so that the population cannot
now be computed at more than 4,000,000; the revenue at
more than half what it was; & the money coined yearly at
from 5,000,000 to 8,000,000: this year it will probably not
exceed 4,000,000."

Identifier: | JB/109/234/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1	1822-04-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings
Folio number	234	Info in main headings field	Collectanea
Image	001	Titles	Morn. Chron. April 17 1822 / Mexico
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
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