Ventura Miguel Marcó del Pont Correspondence
Scope and Contents Note
The collection consists of correspondence, official documents, financial and legal documents, lists. Topics of the correspondence include commercial dealings with associates, the English invasion of 1807, the sightings of merchant ships arriving or leaving the ports of Lima, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Official documents include memoranda and receipts. Major correspondents include: Rafael de Sobremonte, Lucas Muñoz y Cubero, Félix de Casamayor and Santiago Liniers. The collection is arranged chronologically within folders.
Dates
- Creation: 1799-1879
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1799-1810
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply. Uses of some materials may be limited due to preservation concerns.
Biographical Sketch
Ventura Miguel Marcó del Pont was a merchant and treasurer for the Viceroyalty of Rio de La Plata. He was born in Vigo, Spain, in Nov. 15, 1763, and died on Dec. 28, 1836, in Andalucia, Spain. He migrated to Buenos Aires in the 1790s and established a successful business. A member of the Spanish consulate (est. 1794), the Municipal Council or Cabildo (1797) and the Real Consulado de Comercio (1803), he was commissioner of the Real Caja de Consolidacion, in which capacity he had dealings with the Viceroy regarding the collection of taxes in Rio de La Plata. In 1807 he lent the Cabildo more than 12,000 pesos to offset losses incurred in the English invasions.
Full Extent
3 linear inches (1 manuscript box)
Abstract
Correspondence, official documents, financial and legal documents regarding the ports of Lima, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires and the English invasion of 1807.
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Geographic
Topical
- Argentina--History--English invasion, 1806-1807--Sources
- Liniers y Bremond, Santiago de, 1753-1810--Correspondence
- Marcó del Pont, Ventura Miguel, 1763-1836--Correspondence
- Merchants--Argentina--Correspondence
- Munoz y Cubero, Lucas--Correspondence
- Sobremonte, Rafael de, 1746-1827--Correspondence
- Taxation--Rio de La Plata (Viceroyalty)--Sources
- Title
- Ventura Miguel Marcó del Pont Correspondence
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 May: Edited by D Ryan Lynch to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu