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The Last Days of Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins

Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna

A biographical account by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna of O'Higgins' final years.

A biographical account of O'Higgins' final years, written by a prominent 19th-century historian.

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Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, The Last Days of Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins.

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What it is

This is a short biographical text, 78 pages long, written by the Chilean historian Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna about the final years of Captain General Bernardo O'Higgins. The digitized copy shown includes only the plain cover of the bound book.

Why it matters

Like Vicuña Mackenna's other writings on O'Higgins, this account was part of the effort to record and interpret the independence leader's later life for Chilean readers. It reflects how 19th-century historians shaped the public memory of O'Higgins after his death.

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