Reminiscencias históricas
Scope and Contents
The text contains, among other information, the following:
Dedicatory of the manuscript to Don Plutarco Elías Calles, Presidente de la República, 15 September 1926.
Dedicatory of the manuscript to Señor General Alvaro Obregón.
Essay about Napoleon Bonaparte addressed to Señor Presidente.
Report of political and military facts that cover the period of the French Intervention, 1862-1867. Special coverage of military campaigns of the Ejército del Norte and Ejército de Oriente as well as the Sitio de Querétaro, and the court-martial and execution of Maximilian. General Escobedo and Benito Juarez are mentioned as sources. A military document reported by General Antonio Badarrama to General Mariano Escobedo is fully transcribed on leaves 32 and 33 bis. 154 leaves.
Historical anecdote involving Manuel Lozada, aka the "Tiger of Alica," and the Conde of Athum. 11 leaves.
Historical anecdote involving an honorable old lady from Monterrey (name not provided) during the American Navy landing and seizure of Veracruz, 1913-1914. 4 leaves.
Historical reminiscences of the honorable lady Mrs. Carmen Romero Rubio viuda de Díaz (wife of Porfirio Díaz).
Transcription of letter by Victor Hugo to Porfirio Díaz, 20 June 1867. 3 leaves.
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