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Writing Type: Letter

Abstract

Letter to Bolívar in which she explains her impoverished position after the execution of her husband by the royalists. She asks for an army post for one of her sons.

Keywords: Josefa Aráoz, Bolívar, widowhood, poverty

Archive: Biblioteca del Banco Central de Ecuador

Location Details: Reproduced in J.D. Monsalve, Mujeres de la independencia, p.257

Text: Excelentísimo señor:


Así lo espero de Vuestra Excelencia, como que ha venido a enjugar las lágrimas de los infelices, por lo que pido a Dios le prospere y conserve dilatados años.

Josefa Aráoz

Tunja, febrero 28 de 1820