Manuel Antonio Mercado
Manuel Antonio Mercado | |
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Born |
Manuel Antonio Mercado y de la Paz January 28, 1838 La Piedad de Cabadas Michoacán |
Died | June 9, 1909 71) | (aged
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 1861
Career
In January 19, 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 two decades later, on May 18, 1895, just hours before José Martí was gunned down by Spaniard troops while fighting for the Independence of Cuba during the Battle of Dos Ríos, he wrote a letter to Mercado, wherein he expressed, his final thoughts to gain the Independence of Cuba.[4] Martí's letter, albeit unfinished, was published posthumously.[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. External link in |title=
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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.
- 1 2 3 Martí, José (2002). José Martí: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-243704-2. External link in
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(help) - ↑ José Martí: México and Guatemala 1875–1878
References
- Roderic Ai Camp (1991). Mexican political biographies, 1884-1935. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-75119-4.
- 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. External link in
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(help) - José Martí, Manuel Antonio Mercado (1946). Sammlung. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México xiii. External link in
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External links
- Manuel Antonio Mercado y de la Paz es:Manuel Antonio Mercado