ZORRILLA MANUEL RUIZ: (1833-1895) Spanish Politician, President of the Government (1871) under Amadeo I, one of the ...

ZORRILLA MANUEL RUIZ: (1833-1895) Spanish Politician, President of the Government (1871) under Amadeo I, one of the Leaders of the Spanish Republicanism. A.N.S., on his private printed visiting card, Paris, in Spanish. Zorrilla asks his correspondent to forward a message to Mr. Bouteiller regarding the Sunday lunch plan, explaining that they will not be able to attend it. Together with General Salcedo, an interesting A.L.S., The General Salcedo, one page, 8vo, n.d. [1873], in Spanish. Accompanied by a signed card with his rank in his hand. The letter being a list of the prisoners taken, horses, and arms, as a result of his victory in the Chinchillas battle (10th August 1873) defeating General Contreras. The list including `Prisoners 388 - Weapons taken 276 - Cannons 2 - A flag of regiment 1 - Beasts, Horses, safe box - General Salcedo - Also two trains with 91 wagons and three machines´ and concludes adding `General Contreras uniform´. Also including an A.L.S., by the French consul in Valencia, one page, 8vo, Valencia, 7th August 1873 giving a pass to a French citizen authorizing him to travel and cross the Spanish territory. Bearing a red wax seal and an ink stamp of the Defence and Salvation Board. The three documents, not including Zorrilla´s visiting card, have been neatly affixed to the inside of a folding card. Overall age wear. G, 4 £100-150 Amadeo I, King of Spain 1870-73 abdicated in February 1873, after a hard dispute with Manuel Zorrilla, former President of the Government. As a result of the abdication the government troops have to face several uprisings in some provinces, being the Murcia one in July 1873 one of the first. General Salcedo leading the Government regiments defeated the insurgents leaded by General Contreras at the Chinchilla Battle, 10th August 1873.