Matías Romero collection, 1837-1899 [microform].

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Matías Romero collection, 1837-1899 [microform].

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Microfilm of items held by the Banco de México (reels 1-72) and the Library of Congress. Reels 1-71 (1837-1899) contain correspondence, newspaper clippings and other printed material, financial documents, drafts of articles, official and legal documents, and lists relating to the public and private affairs of Matías Romero. Among more than 3,700 correspondents are Benito Juárez, Porfirio Díaz, and other notable figures. Subjects range from the political and economic matters of Mexico and the United States to the mundane concerns of Romero, his family, and constituents. The end of reel 71 and reel 72 (1866-1897) contain newspaper clippings and other printed materials, official and legal documents, letters, manuscripts, reports, and assorted material relating to railroads, free trade zones, U.S. annexation interests and other issues of U.S.-Mexico relations. Reel 73 contains Romero's Refutación de las inculpaciones hechas al c. Matías Romero por el gobierno de Guatemala about resistance to Romero's farming near Mexico's border with Guatemala. Reel 74 (1861-1888) contains 30 of Romero's letters held by the Library of Congress; they relay diplomatic courtesies and news of Mexico.

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Compañia Ferrocarril Meridional Mexicana.

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Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

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Mexican statesman and army officer. From the description of Porfirio Díaz correspondence, 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79424089 ...

Romero, Matías, 1837-1898

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Diplomat, public servant, author, agricultural researcher, railroad company executive. Born 1837 in Oaxaca; died 1898 in New York. While a student in law school, Romero began to correspond with Benito Juárez and to serve the Juarist faction. During the years 1859-1898, he held posts intermittently in the Mexican diplomatic service in Washington, D.C. and in the Mexican Ministry of Treasury. During the 1870s Romero researched the agricultural resources of southern Mexico. He also was superintend...

Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872

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President of Mexico. Born 1806 in Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico; died 1872. Elected to Oaxaca state congress in 1833. Governor of Oaxaca 1847-1852; 1856-1857. In exile in New Orleans 1853-1855. Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Oct. 6-Dec. 9, 1855; Ley Juárez passed Nov. 23, 1855. President of the Supreme Court (1857). Assumed presidency Jan. 1858 upon removal of Ignacio Comonfort. Elected president in March 1861, Juárez was re-elected in October 1867 and July 1871. He died in office. ...