Introduction
The Libros de Contabilidad de la Negociación de Pulques de la Familia Tagle were purchased by the Benson Latin American Collection from Amado García Treviño in 1981. They were described by the Benson's Mexican Archives Project in June 1994. The account books are in Spanish and comprise two volumes.
The suggested citation is "Libros de Contabilidad de la Negociación de Pulques de la Familia Tagle, 1897-1903," Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin."
Two bound volumes of account books pertaining to the pulque business of the Tagle family. The first volume spans the period January 1, 1897, through August 31, 1899; the second volume covers the years 1902-1903. The account books document business transactions, including sales of pulque, rental income and maintenance expenses for over twenty pulquerías, disbursements to family members, and other payments.
Protasio Pérez de Tagle was a lawyer, professor, and politician. He was born in 1839 and died in 1903 in Mexico City. After retiring from public office, Tagle devoted his time to the affairs of the family pulque business, with which he was associated until his death.
| 1839 | born in Mexico City |
| 1871 | received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia, where he later became a professor |
| Jan 1871 | participated in the creation of the Asociación Democrática Constitucionalista, which supported the presidential candidacy of Porfirio Díaz |
| 1876 | helped to draft the Plan de Tuxtepec; from Mexico City, provided support for Díaz' revolution |
| 21 Nov 1876 | appointed Governor of Mexico's Distrito Federal by President Díaz |
| 28 Nov 1976 | ceased to be Governor |
| 29 Nov 1876 | appointed Secretario de Gobernación |
| 6 Dec 1876 | ceased to be Secretary |
| 17 Feb 1877 | reappointed Secretario de Gobernación |
| 23 May 1877 | once more ceased to be Secretary |
| 24 May 1877 | named Ministro de Educación Pública y Justicia |
| 15 Nov 1879 | resigned as Minister of Justice in protest against the presidential candidacy of Manuel González |
| 1880 | left political for private life, devoting his time to overseeing various pulquerías and marketing pulque from the hacienda of Tepetates, in cooperation with the Compañía Expendedora de Pulques whose other members included Macedo, Pimentel, Fagoaga, Torres Adalid, Mancera, and Urbide |
| July, 1903 | died in Mexico City |
Chronology compiled June 1994 from the following sources:
Diccionario enciclopédico de México, ed. Humberto
Musaccio. Mexico: Andrés León, 1989, v. 4, p.1965.
Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y
geografía de México (5th ed. rev.). Mexico City:
Editorial Porrúa, 1986, v. 3, p. 2248.
Enciclopedia de México. Mexico City: Secretaría de
Educación Pública, 1987, v. 11, p. 6723.
Orozco Linares, Fernando. Gobernantes de México: Desde la
época Prehispánica hasta nuestros días. Mexico:
Panorama Editorial, 1985, pp. 366-37.