Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga: An Inventory of His Collection at the Benson Latin American Collection

Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga:

An Inventory of His Collection at the Benson Latin American Collection


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano, 1797-1849.
	Title	Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga Collection
	Dates:	1825-1876
	Dates:	1840-1849
	Abstract	Corresponce and other documents related to Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga, president of Mexico (January 4-July 28, 1846), pertaining to political and historical developments in 19th-century Mexico, primarily the 1840s.
	OCLC Record No.	30152232
	Extent	27 inches
	Language	Spanish or Castilian.
	Repository	Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

President of Mexico; general. Born 1797 and died 1849 in Mexico City. Began military career in 1812; offices held include: brigadier general (1832); Minister of War (Dec. 1838); military governor of Jalisco (1841-January 28, 1843); Comandante General of Mexico (1841). Led movement against President José Joaquín de Herrera on December 14, 1845. Named interim president of Mexico on January 4, 1846; elected president by Congress on June 12, 1846. Paredes took command of the Mexican Army on June 20, 1846; his government ceased to function on July 28, 1846. He was captured in an armed rebellion on August 4, 1846, and imprisoned, then exiled to Paris, France, in October 1846. Paredes had returned to Mexico by September 1847 and participated in an insurrection in July 1848. He was defeated by General Anastasio Bustamante, fled again to Europe, returned to Mexico under the general amnesty of April 1849, and died in poverty in Mexico City in September 1849.


Chronology
	7 Jan 1797	born in Mexico City
	6 Jan 1812	becomes cadet in the Regimiento de Infantería de México
	1816	enters the Ejército Trigarante as sublieutenant
	March 1821
	June 1821	made lieutenant colonel
	1822	made battalion commander
	11 Feb 1823	publicly denounces Iturbide in Puebla
	1823	as mayor of the Plaza of Puebla, joins with Marqués of Vivanco in proclaiming national independence
	21 Dec 1829	while chief weapons officer in Guadalajara, rebels in support of the Plan of Jalapa
	1831	promoted to colonel
	1832	made brigadier general
	1832 (1833?)	is advanced to division commander, as Comandante General de San Luis, Sonora y Jalisco
	1835	begins to take active part in politics, advocating national unity and reinforcing Santa Anna at the battle of Guadalupe, Zacatecas
	4 Dec 1838	serves as Minister of War until 12 Dec 1838
	18 May 1839	in Jalisco, helps Gov. Escobedo to suppress a federalist revolt
	1841	becomes part of a military junta, in agreement with Santa Anna, supporting the “Bases de Tacubaya”
	8 Aug 1841	sets forth in Guadalajara a plan under his own name, reproaching Bustamante for yielding to the French and for not having tried to recover Texas
	Aug 1841	is excluded from Santa Anna's cabinet but is re-named military governor of Jalisco
	1841	supports Santa Anna for President; Santa Anna names him to the Junta de Notables, and Bravo makes him Comandante General of Mexico
	28 Jan 1843	ceases to be Governor of Jalisco
	Oct 1843	publicly repudiates President Santa Anna at Celaya
	1843	exiled by Santa Anna to Toluca for refusing to command the troops of Yucatán
	July 1844	named Senator but refuses post
	1844	quarrels with Santa Anna, foments demonstration against him
	14 Dec 1845	rebels against President Herrera; proclaims himself a champion of national rights; does not march to Saltillo against U.S. invaders
	2 Jan 1846	enters Mexico City, is received by the Junta of Notables, most of whom he himself appointed
	3 Jan 1846	named interim President by this Junta
	4 Jan 1846	takes oath of office but does not exercise its powers
	12 June 1846
	20 June 1846	Paredes is given authority to command the Mexican Army
	28 July 1846	his administration ceases to function
	4 August 1846	an armed rebellion, headed by Jalisco, rises against him in Mexico City; Paredes is captured, imprisoned in a convent
	Oct 1846
	12 June 1848	opposes treaty of peace with U.S., calling for self-rule of states
	1 July 1848	joins insurrectionists Cosió and Jarauta in Lagos, Jalisco
	18 July 1848	is defeated with insurgents (Cosió, Jarauta, Doblado, Negrete) in Guanajuato by Bustamante; escapes, flees to Europe
	April 1849	is included in Mexico's general amnesty, returns to Mexico
	Sept 1849	dies in Mexico City under conditions of near poverty

Scope and Contents

The collection documents political and historical developments in 19th-century Mexico, primarily the 1840s. Paredes' association with these events is reflected in correspondence dating from 1825 to 1849. Correspondents include Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mariano Arista, José Joaquín de Herrera, Luis Parres, José María Tornel, and family members Josefa Cortés de Paredes, Manuel and José María Cortés, and Agustín Paredes y Arrillaga. Also present in the collection are a number of anonymous letters; many appear to be copies of latters by Paredes, while others are signed with pseudonyms. Among the correspondence are occasional financial and legal documents, registers of correspondence, literary productions, notes, and lists. Materials dating from after Paredes' death until 1876 relate to various topics including Mexico's response to the European intervention and the personal affairs of individuals whose relationship to Paredes is undetermined. Undated items include a list of names appearing in the collection and letters addressed to Paredes as president of Mexico, presumably written in 1846.

Within the collection can be found general correspondence (1825-1849), family and personal correspondence (1842-1848), and materials dated after Paredes' death (1849-1876). Interspersed among the correspondence are such other types of documents as receipts, accounts, wills, agreements, powers of attorney, instructions, proclamations, petitions, proposals (including one for the reconquest of Texas), reports, lists, certifications, and printed material. Undated items include a list of names appearing in the collection.


Arrangement
	The collection consists of one series of correspondence and related materials, arranged chronologically.


Index Terms

	Subjects
		Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano, 1797-1849.
		Mexico. President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga)
		Mexico--History--1821-1861--Sources.
		Mexico--History, Military--19th century--Sources.
		Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861--Sources.
		Mexican War, 1846-1848--Sources.
	Correspondents
		Arista, Mariano, 1802-1855
		Cortazar, Pedro.
		Cortés de Paredes, Josefa.
		Cortés, Manuel.
		Cortés, José María.
		Herrera, José Joaquín de, 1792-1854.
		Negrete, Fernando Martínes.
		Palacio, Fernando
		Paredes y Arrillaga, Agustín.
		Parres, Luis.
		Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876.
		Tornel y Mendívil, José María, 1789-1853.

Related Material


	García, Genaro, 1867-1920.Genaro García Collection, 15-- - 1920?, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Other Finding Aids

The following guide is available in the Benson Collection Rare Books Reference:

Castañeda, Carlos Eduardo, 1896-1958. Guide to the Latin American Manuscripts in the University of Texas Library.
Cambridge, Mass.,
Harvard University Press,
1939.

Publications


	The following publications were based on the collection:
		García, Genaro, 1867-1920.Documentos inéditos ó muy raros para la historia de México. Volume 32. Mexico City : Vda. de C. Bouret, 1910.

Biographical Sources



		Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de Mexico,5th ed., rev. Mexico City: Editorial Porrúa, 1986, v. 3, p. 2203.
		Enciclopedia de México. Mexico City: Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1987, v. 11, pp. 6206-07.
		Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europea-americana, 1st ed. Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1958, v. 42, p. 14.
		Musaccio, Humberto, 1943-Diccionario enciclopédico de México: ilustrado. Mexico: Andrés León, 1989, v. 3, p. 1466.
		Rivera Cambas, Manuel. Los gobernantes de México. Mexico: Imprenta de J.M. Aguilar Ortiz, 1873, v. 2, pp. 286-298.