Notice of Justice
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1900
label: associated date
content: 1899
name: label: associated person
content: Aguinaldo, Emilio
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Handwriting on paper attached to bamboo.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Emilio Aguinaldo’s address to the Philippine people, bearing his seal. The paper is attached to a woven bamboo board. It was found one morning hanging on a fence in the town of Bugasou, Panay, Philippine Islands.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Emilio Aguinaldo was a leader of the 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain. As a result of the peace treaty which ended the fighting, he was exiled to Hong Kong in exchange for money, which he used to purchase weapons to continue the rebellion. When the United States declared war on Spain in 1898, Aguinaldo saw the opportunity to further the cause of Philippine independence by allying with the Americans. After peace was made with Spain, he declared the Philippines independent and proclaimed himself president. The United States refused to recognize the Philippine Republic, and Aguinaldo as its president; in 1899, he declared war on the occupying forces. After he was captured by the Americans in 1901, he swore his allegiance to the United States and subsequently withdrew from public life.
place: label: Place Made
content: Philippines: Panay, Bugasou
label: Associated Place
content: Philippines
topic: label: related event
content: Philippine–American War
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Captain F. H. French
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.9015
label: catalog number
content: 9015
label: accession number
content: 37463
objectType: label: Object Name
content: document
label: Other Terms
content: Sheet of Paper; document; Documents
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bamboo (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 14 in x 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 35.56 cm x 1.27 cm