Philippine Revolution, Part II
http://tinyurl.com/3b7nh8
Full text of the instructions of Aguinaldo to the insurgent leaders to prepare to resume hostilities, 29 April 1898, from Hong Kong. Translated from the original Tagalog document which is no longer extant. From Filipinia.net
The Battle of Manila Bay
http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/spanam/spanam.htm#anchor671595
This page contains links to documents related to the Battle of Manila Bay. You can find the pre-battle communications between then-Commodore George Dewey and U.S. Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, including the full text of the U.S. proclamation of war against Spain. There are also ship action reports, and the English translation of the official Spanish report.
http://www.spanam.simplenet.com/
This excellent site which is now defunct contains the American and Spanish declarations of war, Admirals Dewey and Montojo's reports on the Battle of Manila Bay, plus 6 more eyewitnesses to the battle (including an unknown Spaniard civilian), the full text of Montojo's letter to Dewey and Dewey's response, McKinley's explanation of retaining the Philippines, memoirs of four rank-and-file American soldiers, Dewey's explanation on why the Germans were blockaded, eyetwitness accounts of the fall of Manila, terms of surrender of the Spaniards (both the negotiated and the final), and a description of the torture known as the "water cure". The site is still accessible via the Internet Archive (see How to Find Nonexistent Pages on the Web).
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Proclamation of Philippine Independence
http://tinyurl.com/25xqt7
Facsimile of the original Proclamation of Philippine Independence (in Spanish, handwritten), on 12 June 1898, Kawit, Cavite.
http://tinyurl.com/2gdjns
http://tinyurl.com/2alvx5
Upon the advice of Apolinario Mabini, Gen. Aguinaldo decided to switch the government from dictatorial to revolutionary. This is the full text of his decree of 23 June 1898, which established the Revolutionary Government. From UMDL.
http://tinyurl.com/ysuvya
Full text of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo's decree of 20 December 1898, declaring December 30 of every year as a day of national mourning. This is the first which instituted what was later on known as Rizal's Day. In Spanish, from UMDL.
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First Philippine Republic (23 Jan 1899 - 23 March 1901)
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Apolinario Mabini
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Miscellaneous
http://tinyurl.com/279nxs
First page of the table of contents of The laws of the first Philippine Republic (the laws of Malolos) 1898-1899, compiled & edited by Sulpicio Guevara. Full text of laws on reorganizing the provincial and municipal governments, abolishing forced labor in the Philippines, etc. can be found on this volume.
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Accounts of the Revolution
Written by those Who Actually Participated
http://www.geocities.com/valkyrie47no/ricarte.htm
First page of the full text of Artemio Ricarte's Himagsikan ng mga Pilipino Laban sa Kastila (Revolution of the Filipinos Against Spain), published 1927 in Yokohama. In HTML, with some scanned pages shown.
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Earliest Secondary Sources
http://tinyurl.com/364fub
Full text of Hermeginildo Cruz' Kartilyang Makabayan from Filipiana.net. The link above will take you to the executive summary. The links to each chapter are on the right. Alternatively, you can to the UMDL scans of the book at http://tinyurl.com/35hdvx
http://tinyurl.com/2d4kdh
Si Apolinario Mabini Laban Kay Hen. Antonio Luna (Apolinario Mabini Versus Gen. Antonio Luna) by Jose P. Santos.
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