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spot to receive them, I will send immediately for them.” 34 Guarch arranged a similar transaction with Simão Perreria in April of 1841, receiving some 1,300 cattle for goods intended for Farrapos military forces around Alegrete. 35 Through these land transactions and commercial agreements, Guarch deepened his personal connections to the Brazilian ranchers across the border. He then used familial bonds to develop them further. Once again, factional associations provided the catalyst for commercial expansion. Specifically, as part of the 1835 land grant from Rivera, Guarch arranged for his brother-in-law, Bonifacio Picant, also to rent substantial lands along the border. With Guarch increasingly connected to Brazilian ranchers, Picant crossed the border and established a commercial house in Uruguaiana. Picant oversaw the flow of goods downriver to Guarch’s own trading establishments in Salto and Montevideo. Picant also integrated himself into the rapidly growing merchant community in the recently established port. Specifically, Picant set up important accounts with Andres Roca and Vicente Seralegui to supply them with goods from downriver. 36 Through these commercial ties, Guarch was able to arrange the sale of an additional tract of land to Antonio Jacinto de Oliveira, yet another prominent Brazilian rancher in the borderlands, in late 1841. The dense webs of cross-border commercial ties linking Guarch’s network together were evident in the transaction, with Roca and Seralegui representing Oliveira in Salto. 37 Through each commercial deal and land sale, Guarch further enhanced his ties with important allies across 34 CV-5123 (December 12, 1840). 35 CV-7284 (April 26, 1841). 36 Don Luis Miraglia por Doña Augustina Guarch y D. Julian Subsiela sovre liquidación y arreglo de cuentas, AGN-SJ. Montevideo. Civil: 1º Turno, G-4 (1851) (the pages in the proceeding were not numbered). 37 Don Vicente Seralegui por Don Antonio Jacinto de Oliveira c. Don José Luis da Costa Farias sobre desalojo de campo, AGN-SJ. Salto. Letrados Civiles, No. 36 (1852). 80
the border in Brazil. In this way, he bolstered his own personal reputation and crystallized factional allegiances that protected cross-border relationships. Guarch’s growing network of cross-border commercial allies in turn provided him with an important hedge against factional reverses on his own side of the border. With Rivera now controlling the Estado Oriental, his unitarist allies demanded support for their own campaign against Rosas. Having fled to Buenos Aires, Oribe equally pressed the porteño leader to support his side in the Uruguayan conflict. In 1839, Rosas’ allies in Entre Ríos crossed into the Estado Oriental to confront Rivera. Rivera soundly defeated them, driving the federalists back across the Uruguay River. Sensing victory, the unitarists under Lavalle invaded the Argentine Confederation in 1840. However, their coalition began to unravel when the French lifted their naval blockade under British pressure. With the port reopened, Rosas sent federalist forces under Oribe’s command to confront Lavalle. After a bloody two-year campaign, the blanco general finally defeated Lavalle’s army, driving it from the Argentine Littoral. Rivera then decisively intervened on behalf of his old allies. He invaded Entre Ríos with substantial support from Corrientes to the north, his Brazilian allies and the remnants of Lavalle’s unitarists. The two Uruguayan generals met in eastern Entre Ríos at the battle of Arroyo Grande on 6 December 1842. They did so representing cross-border coalitions of international allies struggling to control the region. Factional conflicts had completely blurred the Río de la Plata’s porous boundaries. 38 Oribe decimated Rivera’s forces at Arroyo Grande and then swept across the Uruguay in early 1843. By February, Oribe had laid siege to Montevideo. Like Artigas and others before him, however, the blanco leader lacked sufficient strength to overcome the walled- city’s defenses. Although defeated on land, the colorados and their unitarist allies in 38 Barrán, Apogeo y Crisis, 22-23. 81
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spot to receive them, I will send immediately for them.” 34 Guarch arranged a similar<br />
transaction with Simão Perreria in April of 1841, receiving some 1,300 cattle for goods<br />
intended for Farrapos military forces around Alegrete. 35<br />
Through these land transactions and commercial agreements, Guarch deepened his<br />
personal connections to the Brazilian ranchers across the border. He then used familial<br />
bonds to develop them further. Once again, factional associations provided the catalyst for<br />
commercial expansion. Specifically, as part of the 1835 land grant from Rivera, Guarch<br />
arranged for his brother-in-law, Bonifacio Picant, also to rent substantial lands along the<br />
border. With Guarch increasingly connected to Brazilian ranchers, Picant crossed the<br />
border and established a commercial house in Uruguaiana. Picant oversaw the flow of<br />
goods downriver to Guarch’s own trading establishments in Salto and Montevideo. Picant<br />
also integrated himself into the rapidly growing merchant community in the recently<br />
established port. Specifically, Picant set up important accounts with Andres Roca and<br />
Vicente Seralegui to supply them with goods from downriver. 36 Through these commercial<br />
ties, Guarch was able to arrange the sale of an additional tract of land to Antonio Jacinto de<br />
Oliveira, yet another prominent Brazilian rancher in the borderlands, in late 1841. The<br />
dense webs of cross-border commercial ties linking Guarch’s network together were evident<br />
in the transaction, with Roca and Seralegui representing Oliveira in Salto. 37 Through each<br />
commercial deal and land sale, Guarch further enhanced his ties with important allies across<br />
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34 CV-5123 (December 12, 1840).<br />
35 CV-7284 (April 26, 1841).<br />
36 Don Luis Miraglia por Doña Augustina Guarch y D. Julian Subsiela sovre liquidación y arreglo<br />
de cuentas, AGN-SJ. Montevideo. Civil: 1º Turno, G-4 (1851) (the pages in the proceeding<br />
were not numbered).<br />
37 Don Vicente Seralegui por Don Antonio Jacinto de Oliveira c. Don José Luis da Costa Farias<br />
sobre desalojo de campo, AGN-SJ. Salto. Letrados Civiles, No. 36 (1852).<br />
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