Excerpt from The Republic of Mexico in 1882: With Revised and Corrected Map The Government of Mexico is a Federal Republic, composed actually of twenty-seven States, one Territory and the Federal District. The independence of Mexico from Spain was proclaimed for the first time on the night of the 1sth of September, 1810, in the Town of Dolores, State of Guanajuato, by the curate of the parish, Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, seconded by Captain Ignacio Allande, Mariano Abasolo, Don Juan Aldama and other persons of distinction. The independence was finally effected by Don Augustin Iturbide, commanding the Army of the Three Guarantees, on the 27th day of September, 1821. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.