José Palomar: the discursive strength of a politician and businessman from Jalisco in the letters to his wife (1844)

  • Rodolfo Fernández Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Jalisco
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32870/qr.v1i2.55
Keywords: José Palomar, 19th century, Mexico, epistles, discursive strength.

Abstract

Reception: August 26, 2016     Accepted: September 26, 2016 José Palomar was a notable politician and businessman from the Mexican state of Jalisco during the second half of the 19th Century. I put emphasis on his capacity of response to adverse circumstances, an important quality among politicians and merchants. Don José, while at the fair of San Juan de los Lagos, was notified of his up-coming arrest by order of the President of the Republic, General Antonio López de Santa Anna. His adventure is described in four letters written to his wife. He made friends with his captor, who then allowed him to stay at his own home and continue his business at the fair. They even had dinner together. In a few days Palomar was liberated by the Republic’s Secretario de Hacienda (Finance Minister). This aspect of José Palomar permits the valorization of his shrewdness, and also the richness of his stories, including those he wrote in private letters to his wife.

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Published
2016-10-17
Issue
No 2 (2016): ARGUMENTATION IN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Section
Articles

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