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I. Subgroup, Ignacio Comonfort
II. Subgroup, Comonfort Family
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Ignacio Comonfort:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Benson Latin American Collection
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Creator |
Comonfort, Ignacio, 1812-1863.
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Ignacio Comonfort Papers |
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1821-1918 |
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1847-1863 |
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Abstract |
Papers of Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican Army general and President of Mexico, 1855-1858, include military and official documents, correspondence, and family records. |
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OCLC Record No. |
29761803 |
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2.5 linear ft. |
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Spanish or Castilian. |
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Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin |
President of Mexico, general. Born 1812, died 1863. Positions held include: Artillery captain (1833); infantry colonel in the militia; colonel in the 1847 campaign of the Valle de Mexico; Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco (1852); Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Mazatlan; General de Brigada del Ejército Mexicano (1854); General en Gefe del Ejército Restaurador de la Libertad (1855); General de División de Ejército Mexicano (1855); Ministro de Guerra (Oct. 10-Dec. 10, 1855). Comonfort became Presidente Sustituto de la República (Dec. 11, 1855) when Presidente Interino Juan Alvarez left power, and was elected president of Mexico on July 13, 1857. His tenure as president included his 1856 victory at Puebla, for which he was declared a national hero on July 30, 1856, and the passage of the controversial Ley Lerdo. He was active in the creation of the 1857 Constitution of Mexico. Comonfort resigned the presidency on Jan. 21, 1858; in 1863 he was made General-in-Chief of the Army organized to resist the French Intervention. On Nov. 13, 1863, he was killed in a guerilla attack near San Juan de la Vega.
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1833 |
Capitán de la compañia de artilleria de la Guardia Nacional |
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July 29, 1834 |
Coronel de Infanteria de la milicia nacional de esta Capital |
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June 1844 |
“... concede retiro con solo goce de fuero y uso de Uniforme en la clase de Coronel de Infanteria de milicia activa al Teniente Coronel retirado de la propia arma Cuidano Ignacio Comonfort” |
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Feb. 25, 1845 |
Prefecto del Distrito de Tlapa |
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August 29, 1846 |
Prefecto Interino del Distrito de Cuautitlan |
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Nov. 3, 1846 |
Prefecto Proprietario del Distrito del Oeste de México |
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Feb. 13, 1847 |
Coronel del 2o Batallon del Estado, titulado “Guerrero,” de la Prefectura del Oeste de Méjico |
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1847 |
Adjutant of the Army during the campaña del Valle de Méjico |
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1851 |
Seems to have been acting as Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco (per investigative reports; but his statement says he entered office Nov. 1852) |
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Nov. 1852 |
Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco |
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April 25, 1853 |
nominated as Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Mazatlan |
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June 10, 1853 |
confirmed as Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco |
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March 1854 |
Investigated by Juzgado de Hacienda (de Acapulco) and found innocent of any wrongdoing during his service as Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco. (Final signature dated March 1854). |
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April 19-25, 1854 |
Battle of Acapulco |
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July 21, 1854 |
General de Brigada del Ejército Mexicano |
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Dec. 7, 1854 |
Returned to Acapulco from exile in U.S. |
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[1854] |
General in Chief of Michaocán |
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July 15, 1855 |
General en Gefe del Ejército Restaurador de la Libertad |
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August 27, 1855 |
General de División del Ejército Mexicano |
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Oct. 10-Dec. 10, 1855 |
Minister of War |
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Nov. 16, 1855 |
“... nombra General de Brigada del Ejército mexicano en revalidación, al Ciudano Coronel Ignacio Comonfort”; “revalidando el despacho de este empleo que le expedí como General en Gefe del Ejército restaurador de la Libertad, en 15Julio de 1854.” |
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Nov. 19, 1855 |
Awarded Cruz del Valle de Méjico for service in 1847 |
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Nov. 30, 1855 |
General de División del Ejército mexicano, “revalendandole el que le conferí como General en Gefe de Ejército Libertador” |
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Dec. 11, 1855 |
Presidente Sustituto de la Republica |
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March 1856 |
Victory at Puebla; General de División y en Gefe del Ejército de operaciones sobre Puebla |
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April 14, 1856 |
Awarded la Patriótica Condecoracion de la Paz |
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July 30, 1856 |
Decreed Benemérito de la Patria for March 1856 success at Puebla |
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July 13, 1857 |
Elected president of Mexico |
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Jan. 21, 1858 |
Resigned presidency |
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1858-1861 |
Exile in the U.S. |
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1861 |
Returned to Mexico |
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1863 |
General-in-Chief of the Army organized to resist the French Intervention |
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Nov. 13, 1863 |
Killed in guerrilla attack near San Juan de la Vega, on the road from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí |
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Correspondence, orders and appointments, inventories and lists, financial documents, literary productions, legal documents, printed material, and miscellanea from Comonfort's political and military career. Among correspondence are found materials relating to the Mexican Legation in Spain (filed as G480 Ms.), drafts and copies from the military campaign of 1863 (G502 Ms., G503 Ms.), and letters exchanged by Comonfort with his daughters. Some inventories from the customs offices of Mazatlan and Acapulco are present in the collection (see G470 Ms. for the 1854 Acapulco inventory), as is a list of officers and soldiers who composed the army at Puebla in 1856 (G477 Ms.). Also included are documents relating to Comonfort's Masonic membership. Printed material includes a few proclamations from Comonfort's presidency. Comonfort Family papers include correspondence, documents pertaining to the exhumation and reinterment of Ignacio Comonfort, financial and legal documents (including the disposition of Comonfort's estate), certificates of birth and marriage, and printed material. Comonfort's appointment of Agapito Pozo as Promotor Fiscal del Tribunal de Circuito de Celaya is filed as G472 Ms.
The documents are in Spanish.
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Organization |
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The papers are organized in two subgroups:
- Juan Ignacio Comonfort
- Comonfort family
Series are according to format of material. |
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Comonfort, Ignacio, 1812-1863--Archives.
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Comonfort family (Ignacio Comonfort) |
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Presidents--Mexico. |
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Places |
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Mexico--Foreign relations--1821-1861--Sources.
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Mexico--History--1821-1861--Sources.
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Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867--Sources.
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Mexico--History, Military--Sources.
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Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861--Sources.
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Mexico--Politics and government--1861-1867--Sources.
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Puebla (Mexico)--History--Sources.
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García, Genaro, 1867-1920.Genaro García Collection, 15-- - 1920?, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin. |
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Ignacio Comonfort Papers, 1821-1918, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin.
The Ignacio Comonfort Papers, which form part of the Genaro García Collection, were purchased by the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
The papers were described by the Benson Latin American Collection's Mexican Archives Project in December 1993.
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, November 1994.
The papers are also available on microfilm.
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Documents from the collection were published in: |
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García, Genaro, 1867-1920.Documentos inéditos ó muy raros para la historia de México (volume 23)
Mexico City :
Vda. de C. Bouret,
1909. |
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I. Subgroup, Ignacio Comonfort |
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1. García Archives |
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a. Series, Correspondence, 1838-1868.
1.6 feet. |
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Includes general correspondence from Comonfort's political and military career (1838-1868) and correspondence with Comonfort's daughters, Adela and Clara Comonfort (1851-1863). |
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b. Series, Orders, appointments, proclamations, 1823-1863.
1 inch. |
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c. Series, Inventories and lists, 1856 and undated.
1 folder. |
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Includes inventories from the customs offices of Mazatlan and Acapulco (see G. Ms. 470 for the 1854 Acapulco inventory). |
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d. Series, Literary productions, 1854-1868,
1 folder. |
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e. Series, Legal documents, 1854
1 folder. |
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f. Series, Financial documents, 1850-1860
1 folder. |
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g. Series, Printed material, 1843-1863. |
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Includes a few proclamations from Comonfort's presidency of Mexico. |
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h. Series, Masonic documents, 1859,
1 folder. |
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Relate to Comonfort's Masonic membership. |
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i. Series, Maps, diagrams, etc., oversized. 1863, |
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j. Series, Miscellaneous, 1821-1895
3 items. |
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2. García Manuscripts |
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G470
1854 inventory of the Acapulco customs office |
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G472
Manuscript dated 1855 concerning the appointment of Agapito Pozo as Promotor Fiscal (Celaya). |
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G477
List of officers and soldiers who composed the army at Puebla in 1856 |
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G480
Materials concerning the Legación de México en España |
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G502
Drafts of letters and reports on the military campaign of 1863 (April-May 10, 1863) |
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G503
“Mensajes remitidos, Cuartel General, Ejército Reservas” (March 1863) |
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II. Subgroup, Comonfort Family |
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1. Series, Correspondence, 1866-1897
1 folder. |
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2. Series, Documents pertaining to the exhumation and reinterment of Ignacio Comonfort, 1867-1868
1 folder. |
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3. Series, Legal documents, 1864-1865
1 folder. |
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4. Series, Financial documents, 1866-1870
1 folder. |
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5. Series, Certificates of birth, marriage, 1850-1896
1 folder. |
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6. Series, Printed material, 1866-1918
1 folder. |
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