- Manuel Antonio Mercado
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Manuel Antonio Mercado Born Manuel Antonio Mercado y de la Paz
January 28, 1838
La Piedad de Cabadas MichoacánDied June 9, 1909 Nationality Mexico Occupation Lawyer
Manuel Antonio Mercado y de la Paz [1] [2][Ai Camp 1] (28 January 1838, Piedad de Cabadas, Michoacán, México – 9 June 1909, México City ), also known as Manuel Mercado [3] [1892 1] [1892 2][4] was a Mexican politician and lawyer, and served as Secretary of State for the Federal District (Distrito Federal) of Mexico (Mexico City), administration of Lerdo de Tejada. Lawyer; bar of México 1861Contents
Career
In January 19th, 1860, Manuel Antonio Mercado, a law student, delivered a commencement inaugural address at the School of Jurisprudence. The speech was later published.
Life
Manuel Antonio Mercado was a dear friend of José Martí since 1875, year when Martí, who along with his parents, had moved to Mexico from Cuba[5]. Almost a decade later, on May 18th, 1895, just hours before José Martí was gunned down by Spaniard troops while fighting for the Independence of Cuba near Dos Ríos, he wrote a letter to Mercado, wherein he expressed, his final thoughts to gain the Independence of Cuba. [4]
Bibliography
Mercado, Manuel Antonio (1860). Discurso inaugural pronunciado en la Academia de Jurisprudencia Teórico-Práctica el día 19 de enero de 1860. Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido.
Notes
Citations
- ^ Ai Camp, Mexican political biographies p. 144, 145.
- ^ Mexico. Congreso Constituyente, 1861-1863 (1881). Historia del primero y segundo congresos constitucionales de la Republica Mexicana ...: Extracto de todas las sesiones y documentos relativos. Tip. de Mata, 1881 p. 27
- ^ Estañol, Mercado, Pizarro, Calero. (1892). Leyes no codificadas de mas frecuente aplicación en el foro: Colección formada p. 1, 119.
- ^ a b Martí, José (2002). José Martí: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0142437042.
- ^ [1] José Martí: México and Guatemala 1875–1878
References
- Roderic Ai Camp (1991). Mexican political biographies, 1884-1935. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292751194.
- Mexico. Congreso Constituyente, 1861-1863 (1881). Felipe Buenrostro. ed. Historia del primero y segundo congresos constitucionales de la Republica Mexicana ...: Extracto de todas las sesiones y documentos relativos. Tip. de Mata, 1881.
- Luis G. Labastida, Mexico. Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, México (1893). "Colección de leyes, decretos, reglamentos circulares, ordenes, acuerdos y estudios relativos a la desamortización y nacionalización de los bienes de corporaciones.". Tipografía de la oficina impresora de estampillas pp. 373.
- José Martí, Manuel Antonio Mercado (1946). Sammlung. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México xiii.
External links
- Manuel Antonio Mercado y de la Paz [2]
Categories:- 1838 births
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