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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1809
Page
6
The document recounts General Palafox's defiant reply to Marshal Moncey during the siege of Zaragoza. He insists on honor in resistance, vows to fight to the death, and scorns surrender while invoking eleven million Spaniards ready to defend their country.
Translated excerpts detail decrees abolishing the Inquisition, reducing friars, confiscating church property, and abolishing feudal rights in Spain and its provinces. Included are remarks on pacific and war actions involving France, Spain, and the U S, with letters from Cadiz dated January and Washington March expressing views on neutrality and national unity.
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