MEXICO: AUTOGRAPH OF PANCHO VILLA HANDSIGNED DOCUMENT (War Safe - Conduct)
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:1311762 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico |
| Signed by: PANCHO VILLA | Original/Reproduction: Original |
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ME XI COPANCHO VILLA
DOCUMENT SIGNED
War Safe-conduct
ManuscriptLetter Signed: "PANCHO VILLA",
in iron gall ink. 5 x 8 In. (13 x 21 cm.)
One 1/2 Page. Fully Translated inEnglish: TO THE OFFICIAL HEADS AND TROOP OF THE CONSTITUTIONALISTARMY Respect thelife... and interests of the SRA. ADELA MARTINEZ.and family for the present except conduit. Leavingthis population if it suits theirInterests.Francisco Villa
(Signature)
A LOS JEFES OFICIALES Y TROPA DEL EJERCITOCONSTITUCIONALISTA Respetesevida e intereses de la SRA. ADELA MARTINEZ.y familia por el presente salvo conducto. Saliendode esta población si conviene a susIntereses.Francisco Villa
(Firma)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of themost prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. As commander of the División del Norte, '(Division of the North)'in the Constitutionalist Army, he was amilitary-landowner (caudillo) of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.Given the area's size and mineral wealth, it provided him with extensiveresources. Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914.Villa can be credited with decisive military victories leading to the oustingof Victoriano Huerta from the presidency in July1914. Villa then fought his erstwhile leader in the coalition against Huerta, "First Chief" of the Constitutionalists Venustiano Carranza. Villa was in alliance withsouthern revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who remained fighting in hisown region of Morelos.The two revolutionary generals briefly came together to take Mexico City afterCarranza's forces retreated from it. Later, Villa's heretofore undefeatedDivisión del Norte engaged the military forces of Carranza under Carrancistageneral Álvaro Obregón and was defeated in the 1915 Battle ofCelaya. Villa was again defeated by Carranza, 1 November 1915, atthe Second Battle of Agua Prieta, after whichVilla's army collapsed as a significant military force. Villa subsequently led a raid against a small U.S.–Mexican border town resulting in the Battle of Columbus on 9 March 1916, andthen retreated to escape U.S. retaliation. The U.S. government sent U.S. ArmyGeneral John J. Pershing on an expedition to capture Villa, but Villacontinued to evade his attackers with guerrilla tactics during theunsuccessful, nine-month incursion into Mexican sovereign territory. Themission ended when the United States entered World War Iand Pershing was recalled to other duties. In 1920, Villa made an agreement with the Mexican governmentto retire from hostilities, following the ouster and death of Carranza, and wasgiven a haciendanear Parral, Chihuahua, which he turned into a"military colony" for his former soldiers. In 1923, as presidentialelections approached, he re-involved himself in Mexican politics. Shortlythereafter he was assassinated, most likely on the orders of Obregón. In life, Villa helped fashion his own image as aninternationally known revolutionary hero, starring as himself in Hollywoodfilms and giving interviews to foreign journalists, most notably John Reed.After his death, he was excludedfrom the pantheon of revolutionary heroes until the Sonoran generals Obregónand Calles, whom he battled during the Revolution, were gone from the politicalstage. Villa's exclusion from the official narrative of the Revolution mighthave contributed to his continued posthumous popular acclaim. He was celebratedduring the Revolution and long afterward by corridos, films about his life, and novels by prominent writers. In 1976, his remainswere reburied in the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico Cityin a huge public ceremony not attended by his widow Luz Corral.
DOCUMENT SIGNED
War Safe-conduct
ManuscriptLetter Signed: "PANCHO VILLA",
in iron gall ink. 5 x 8 In. (13 x 21 cm.)
One 1/2 Page. Fully Translated inEnglish: TO THE OFFICIAL HEADS AND TROOP OF THE CONSTITUTIONALISTARMY Respect thelife... and interests of the SRA. ADELA MARTINEZ.and family for the present except conduit. Leavingthis population if it suits theirInterests.Francisco Villa
(Signature)
A LOS JEFES OFICIALES Y TROPA DEL EJERCITOCONSTITUCIONALISTA Respetesevida e intereses de la SRA. ADELA MARTINEZ.y familia por el presente salvo conducto. Saliendode esta población si conviene a susIntereses.Francisco Villa
(Firma)
Francisco "Pancho" Villa born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June1878 – 20 July 1923) was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of themost prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. As commander of the División del Norte, '(Division of the North)'in the Constitutionalist Army, he was amilitary-landowner (caudillo) of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.Given the area's size and mineral wealth, it provided him with extensiveresources. Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914.Villa can be credited with decisive military victories leading to the oustingof Victoriano Huerta from the presidency in July1914. Villa then fought his erstwhile leader in the coalition against Huerta, "First Chief" of the Constitutionalists Venustiano Carranza. Villa was in alliance withsouthern revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who remained fighting in hisown region of Morelos.The two revolutionary generals briefly came together to take Mexico City afterCarranza's forces retreated from it. Later, Villa's heretofore undefeatedDivisión del Norte engaged the military forces of Carranza under Carrancistageneral Álvaro Obregón and was defeated in the 1915 Battle ofCelaya. Villa was again defeated by Carranza, 1 November 1915, atthe Second Battle of Agua Prieta, after whichVilla's army collapsed as a significant military force. Villa subsequently led a raid against a small U.S.–Mexican border town resulting in the Battle of Columbus on 9 March 1916, andthen retreated to escape U.S. retaliation. The U.S. government sent U.S. ArmyGeneral John J. Pershing on an expedition to capture Villa, but Villacontinued to evade his attackers with guerrilla tactics during theunsuccessful, nine-month incursion into Mexican sovereign territory. Themission ended when the United States entered World War Iand Pershing was recalled to other duties. In 1920, Villa made an agreement with the Mexican governmentto retire from hostilities, following the ouster and death of Carranza, and wasgiven a haciendanear Parral, Chihuahua, which he turned into a"military colony" for his former soldiers. In 1923, as presidentialelections approached, he re-involved himself in Mexican politics. Shortlythereafter he was assassinated, most likely on the orders of Obregón. In life, Villa helped fashion his own image as aninternationally known revolutionary hero, starring as himself in Hollywoodfilms and giving interviews to foreign journalists, most notably John Reed.After his death, he was excludedfrom the pantheon of revolutionary heroes until the Sonoran generals Obregónand Calles, whom he battled during the Revolution, were gone from the politicalstage. Villa's exclusion from the official narrative of the Revolution mighthave contributed to his continued posthumous popular acclaim. He was celebratedduring the Revolution and long afterward by corridos, films about his life, and novels by prominent writers. In 1976, his remainswere reburied in the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico Cityin a huge public ceremony not attended by his widow Luz Corral.
