Harry T. Friedman Collection of Spanish American Documents circa 1500-1912

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Harry T. Friedman Collection of Spanish American Documents circa 1500-1912

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Collector. Correspondence, reports, certificates, printed material, and other documents relating to such topics as the Joliet-Marquette expedition (1673), navigation and trade from the Philippines to Mexico (1749), land transactions in Tulancingo and Huejotzingo, Mexico, and persons associated with the cause of Mexican independence; inventories (1778-1785) of Mexican missions at Mátape, Alamos, and Macori; and information on Indian groups and the branding of military livestock. Includes correspondence addressed to Manuel Madrid concerning nineteenth-century economic affairs, correspondence of José Yves Limantour, and microfilm of census counts in Mexico City, 1610-1784.

750 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357635

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Limantour, José Yves

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Finance minister in the second government of Porfirio Díaz, economist and lawyer. Born 1854 in Mexico City; died 1935 in Paris. Educated at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia, from which he received his law degree in 1875. Professor of political economics at the Escuela Superior de Comercio (1876) and of international law at the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia (1876-1878). Active in economic development and public works. Elected president of the Congr...

Jolliet, Louis, 1645-1700

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Explorer. From the description of Relation de la découverte de la Mer du Sud, 1674. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79424100 ...

Friedman, Harry T., collector.

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Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675

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Madrid, Manuel de

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Merchant, importer, mining administrator. Birth and death dates unknown. Manuel I. Madrid conducted business in Havana, Cuba, as well as in Mexico City, Veracruz, Guanajuato, and other Mexican cities. By 1847 Madrid was involved in administering mines, some of which were the investments of Ewen C. MacKintosh. In 1851 Madrid was the director of the Casa de Moneda in Guanajuato. In the 1860s Madrid's brother, Joaquín Madrid, operated a mine for the Compañía El Oro under the directorship of Nath...