José Yves Limantour Papers, 1848-1911.

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José Yves Limantour Papers, 1848-1911.

Correspondence and financial documents comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondence relates to personal business and mining enterprises. Financial documents concern personal finances. The remainder of the collection consists of a few literary productions and miscellaneous documents (including a memo about the construction of the Ferrocarril de Tehuantepec, papers concerning a division of family property, a report of an investigation into misconduct at a customs office, and several fragmentary documents), and a small number of lists and printed items.

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Ferrocarril Nacional de Tehuantepec

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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...