LOS PLATEROS DE MURCIA EN EL CENSO PARA EL RECLUTAMIENTO GENERAL (1809)

The Municipal Authority of Murcia, at the request of the Board of Defence, orders the preparation of a Census for the General Enlistment in 1809. The silversmiths of the city, some 45 in number, are included in this census. It's a striking fact that some of them try to evade military service on trivial pretexts. However, by one of those paradoxes so frequent in life, a third of them would die in their workshops, victims of the terrible Yellow Plague in 1811 and 1812.The Municipal Authority of Murcia, at the request of the Board of Defence, orders the preparation of a Census for the General Enlistment in 1809. The silversmiths of the city, some 45 in number, are included in this census. It's a striking fact that some of them try to evade military service on trivial pretexts. However, by one of those paradoxes so frequent in life, a third of them would die in their workshops, victims of the terrible Yellow Plague in 1811 and 1812