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Benito Juárez letter : Chihuahua, Mexico, to Antonio Ochoa, [Mexico], 1865 Jan. 31.
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Benito Juárez letter: Chihuahua, Mexico, to Antonio Ochoa, [Mexico], 1865 Jan. 31Creator/Contributor:
Mexico, President (1858-1872 : Juárez), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Wilson & CompanyAbstract:
Manuscript letter (1 p.) concerning military dispositons of the Mexican Army of Independence and the French troops of the
Emperor Maximillian. Juárez was in opposition at this time operating out of the city of Chihuahua. "The French who are between
La Barca and Los Presidios do not number more than 500 men." Also includes typescript English translation of letter.
Steel engraving print (approximately 6 x 10 in.) portrait of Benitez seated in a chair with his signature below it and subtitled:
"from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson, Wilson, & Co. Publishers New York."
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1865 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Armed Forces
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Sources
Mexico -- Armed Forces -- History -- Sources
France -- Armed Forces -- Mexico -- History -- Sources
Chihuahua (Mexico : State) -- History -- Sources
Mexique -- Histoire -- 1861-1867 (Intervention européenne) -- Sources
Chihuahua (Mexique : État) -- Histoire -- Sources
France
Mexico
Mexico -- Chihuahua (State)
Mexico. -- President (1858-1872 : Juárez) -- Correspondence
Mexico. -- President (1858-1872 : Juárez)
Juárez, Benito -- 1806-1872 -- Correspondence
Juárez, Benito -- 1806-1872 -- Portraits
Juárez, Benito -- 1806-1872
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Purchase; From Plaza Books; 20090305.
Benito Juárez (born Benito Pablo Juárez García) was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec originally from Oaxaca who
served five terms as president of Mexico (1858-1872). He was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background,
the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere.
He resisted the French occupation, overthrew the Empire, restored the Republic, and used liberal efforts to modernize the
country.
Antonio Ochoa was governor of Chihuahua, Mexico from 1873-1877.
Preferred citation: Benito Juárez letter : Chihuahua, Mexico, to Antonio Ochoa, [Mexico], 1865 Jan. 31, BANC MSS 2010/34,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In Spanish; translation in English.
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History.Portraits.
Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Engravings.
Portraits.
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print
3 items.
Language:
Spanish
English