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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: José Gil de Partearroyo papers
Creator:
Gil de Partearroyo, José
Identifier/Call Number: mssPT
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1826-1868
Abstract: The collection consists of letters and documents related chiefly to the military career of Mexican brigadier General José
Gil de Partearroyo.
Language of Material: The records are in Spanish.
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item], José Gil de Partearroyo papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Holman, February 1959.
José María Gil de Partearroyo (born 1811), Mexican brigadier general and minister of war and navy, served in the Mexican-American
War (1846-1848) and was sympathetic to the cause of Benito Juárez during the War of the Reforma (1857-1859) and the three-year
war known as the European Intervention of 1860-1862. In May 1863 he retired from military service after serving for thirty-nine
years.
The collection consists mostly of letters and documents (including orders) addressed to José María Gil de Partearroyo and
related chiefly to military matters, the Mexican War, the War of the Reforma, the European Intervention, and with Benito Juárez
and Miguel Miramón.
Correspondents represented in the collection include: Demetrio Chavero (20 letters), Santos Degollado (3 letters), Benito
Juárez (2 letters), José Mejía (16 letters), Melchor Ocampo (2 letters), and Antonio López de Santa Anna (1 letter). There
are four items written by José María Gil de Partearroyo.
Individual call numbers in the collection: mssPT 1-82.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Generals -- Mexico -- Correspondence
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861 -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- European intervention, 1861-1867 -- Sources
Mexico -- History, Military -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- Mexico -- 19th century
Orders (military records) -- Mexico -- 19th century
Chavero, Demetrio, active 1845
Degollado, Santos, 1811-1861
Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872
Mejía, José, active 1845
Miramón, Miguel, 1831-1867
Ocampo, Melchor, 1814-1861
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876