A formal appeal to the citizens of Mexico City for financial support in organizing the solemn oath of allegiance to Agustín de Iturbide (1783-1824), the first emperor of independent Mexico. The document is issued by the Constitutional city council of Mexico, which wanted the event to rival similar ceremonies held in the past, but did not have the funds to do so. It therefore turned to the city's wealthiest citizens to ask for a temporary loan, which would be reimbursed as soon as possible. With the present pamphlet, the council attempted to appeal to the citizens sense of pride, patriotism, and community, framing the request as a civic duty. Anyone willing to participate was asked to sign the attached list. The members of the city council themselves had already contributed. The present work is signed by three of them in the hope to encourage others to follow their example.
With three contemporary signatures on the back (from Antonio Velasco de la Torre, Ignacio Paz de Tagle, and Dom Antonio García Illueca), a contemporary annotation on the second page in the margin ("doscientos pesos"), and a few corrections in the text. The work has been folded in the past. Otherwise in very good condition. Not in Catalogue of Mexican pamphlets in the Sutro Collection (1623-1888); Steele, C. and Costeloe, M. (eds.), Independent Mexico: a collection of Mexican pamphlets in the Bodleian library; WorldCat.