Antonio Ochoa Carrillo papers and Benito Juárez correspondence
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2938
Scope and Contents
The papers of Antonio Ochoa Carrillo, 1852-1871, with letters that provide extensive information about the European Intervention in Mexico and limited documentation related to the Reform War in Mexico. Includes 56 letters from Mexican president Benito Juárez, as well as 12 letters from others, including future Mexican presidents Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and José María Iglesias, as well as Mexican General Ramón Corona. The collection also includes five draft letters written by Ochoa.
Letters by Juárez offer accounts of the political, military, and financial conflicts, from the flight of the government into exile in 1863 through the defeat of Maximilian and the Mexican Empire in 1867. They document his part of a weekly correspondence with Ochoa Carrillo, sharing news of troop movements, battles, political maneuvers, and foreign diplomacy.
Printed material includes three printed circulars published in July-August 1859 by Manuel F. Ruiz, the Minister of Justice for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, Santos Degollado, Commander in Chief of the Federal Army; and Melchor Ocampo, Minister of the Interior, as well as a supplement of the Del Siglo XIX newspaper, which prints a letter from Juarez to the citizens of Mexico after the invasion by the French Army.
Most letters are accompanied by typescripts created by a former unidentified owner of the Spanish text, as well as English translations. However, many of these contain transcription and translation errors.
Letters by Juárez offer accounts of the political, military, and financial conflicts, from the flight of the government into exile in 1863 through the defeat of Maximilian and the Mexican Empire in 1867. They document his part of a weekly correspondence with Ochoa Carrillo, sharing news of troop movements, battles, political maneuvers, and foreign diplomacy.
Printed material includes three printed circulars published in July-August 1859 by Manuel F. Ruiz, the Minister of Justice for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction, Santos Degollado, Commander in Chief of the Federal Army; and Melchor Ocampo, Minister of the Interior, as well as a supplement of the Del Siglo XIX newspaper, which prints a letter from Juarez to the citizens of Mexico after the invasion by the French Army.
Most letters are accompanied by typescripts created by a former unidentified owner of the Spanish text, as well as English translations. However, many of these contain transcription and translation errors.
Dates
- 1852 - 1871
- Majority of material found within 1864 - 1866
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Antonio Ochoa Carrillo Papers and Benito Juárez Correspondence is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly owned by James S. Copley. Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2013.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet ((1 box) + 1 broadside folder)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers of Antonio Ochoa Carrillo, 1852-1871, with letters that provide extensive information about the European Intervention in Mexico and limited documentation related to the Reform War in Mexico. Includes 56 letters from Mexican president Benito Juárez, as well as 12 letters from others, including future Mexican presidents Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and José María Iglesias, as well as Mexican General Ramón Corona. The collection also includes five draft letters written by Ochoa.
Antonio Ochoa Carrillo (1811-1883)
Antonio Ochoa Carrillo (1811-1883) was a Mexican attorney and mine owner, who served as governor of Chihuahua from 1857 to 1861 and 1873 to 1877. Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Ochoa received a law degree in Guadalajara in 1839. He operated mines in Chihuahua in the Guadalupe y Calvo mining district. As governor of Chihuahua, Ochoa endorsed liberal reforms, including compulsory education for children, as well as established a state lottery to support local charities.
Benito Juárez (1806-1872)
Benito Juárez (born Benito Pablo Juárez García) was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca. He served five terms as president of Mexico (1858-1872), as well as Governor of Oaxaca, 1847-1852. He was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere. During his terms as president, the government led by Juárez resisted the French occupation, overthrew the Mexican Empire, and restored the Republic of Mexico. His administrations also used liberal efforts to modernize the country.
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Information included in the Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from a survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are based on those provided by the previous custodian. Titles have been verified against the contents of the folders.
Information included in the Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from a survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are based on those provided by the previous custodian. Titles have been verified against the contents of the folders.
- Copley, James S. (James Strohn) -- Ownership
- Corona, Ramón, 1837-1889
- Degollado, Santos, 1811-1861
- Iglesias, José María, 1823-1891
- Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872
- Lerdo de Tejada, Sebastián, 1823-1889
- Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867
- Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861
- Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910
- Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867
- Mexico. Ejército Federal
- Mexico. Ministerio de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiásticos
- Mexico. Secretaría de Gobernación
- Ocampo, Melchor, 1814-1861
- Ochoa Carrillo, Antonio, 1811-1883
- Ruiz, Manuel F.
- Title
- Guide to the Antonio Ochoa Carrillo Papers and Benito Juárez Correspondence
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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