Carlos García y Arriaga papers, 1805-1835.

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Carlos García y Arriaga papers, 1805-1835.

Correspondence and documents about García y Arriaga and government and political affairs in Puebla and Mexico. Correspondence dates from 1822-1835; documents dated 1805 and 1810 certify García's baptism and education. The papers contain several proclamations or addresses by Agustín de Iturbide, as well as a few letters about his elevation to emperor and his death; several letters about and from Lorenzo de Zavala pertaining to Mexican political affairs (two letters attributed to de Zavala are addressed to Manuel Gómez Pedraza); and four letters to García from José Manuel Herrera about Iturbide and political affairs. Other items in the papers include an 1822 protest of the imprisonment of deputies to the national congress, an 1832 peace pact between Nicolás Bravo and Juan Alvarez, an 1832 proposal of the Zacatecan congress for the election of a new national congress, and a contemporary copy of the terms of the Mexican surrender of San Antonio in 1835.

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Herrera, José Manuel de, 1776?-1831

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Gómez Pedraza, Manuel 1789-1851

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García y Arriaga, Carlos José María, 1786-1838

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Political leader, lawyer. Born 1786; died 1838. Held office as mayor of Puebla in 1821, when he administered the oath of office to Agustín de Iturbide. Named intendente of Puebla in 1821. Served in the Congreso Constituyente of the state of Puebla and became president of its Tribunal Supremo de Justicia on December 24, 1825, a position he held through 1826. Served as deputy for Puebla to the Congreso General in 1827-1828, and in 1829 returned to the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. Became interim ...

Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836

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Liberal Mexican national, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and ad interim vice-president of the Republic of Texas, March 17-October 17, 1836. From the description of Estate records, 1838-1844. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 29376873 Zavala held various important posts in liberal Mexican governments including governor of the state of Mexico, minister of the treasury, and minister to France but was imprisoned and forced into exile on oc...

Iturbide, Agustín de, 1783-1824

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First emperor of Mexico. Born 1783 in Valladolid (Morelia); executed July 19, 1824, in Padilla, Tamaulipas. Iturbide joined the army in 1800, by 1810 was fighting with the royalists, and by 1820 held the rank of colonel. In February 1821 he and Vicente Guerrero signed the Plan de Iguala and created the Ejército Trigarante. In August 1821 Iturbide and viceroy Juan O'Donoju signed the Tratado de Córdoba, ending the war and giving Mexico independence. Iturbide was proclaimed emperor in May 1822 b...

García, Genaro, 1867-1920

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Attorney, historian, writer, educator, bibiophile. Born August 17, 1867; died November 26, 1920. Received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in 1891. Representative to Congreso de la Unión, 1892-1899. Director of Museo Nacional de Historia, Arqueología y Etnología. Director of Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Major publications include: Colección de documentos inéditos o muy raros para la historia de México (1905-1911), Documentos históricos mexicanos (1910-1911), and an edi...