An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Francisco Javier Mariategui

Other names: Marca Martillo, Patricio Matamoros

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: White

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Texts:
1869 - Anotaciones a la Historia del Perú Independiente de don Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán

Biography:
Born 22 November 1793, he studied in San Carlos, Lima, and worked for the independence cause from an early age. He was a member of a liberal group. He signed the oath of independence. He held government offices from 1821-42 and was in the Supreme Court from 1852-69. He used pseudonyms Marca Martillo and Patricio Matamoros. He died in 1884. (Romero de Valle, 194)

He was Secretary of the Sociedad Patriótica de Lima, was founded in Lima in 1822 by Bernardo de Monteagudo (pro monarchy). Republicans formed a minority in this all-male society. In 1834 Mariategui obtained the original acts of the Sociedad for the Biblioteca Nacional (Lima). (Romero de Valle, 302.)

One of the founders of Independence, he was an anti-clerical, liberal Republican, an orator, journalist and polemicist. He was also a mason. He contributed to El Correo> in 1840. He founded the newspaper La Abeja Republicana in 1822. It ran from 8 August 1822 to 7 June 1823. (Basadre, 124-126)

He is said to have attended Campusano's tertulias in Lima. (Estrada, 48)

He contributed to La Abeja Republicana. (Martínez Riaza, 77.)

He claimed that women were the best apostles of Bolívar's exploits. (Neuhaus Rizo, 120-121.)

References:

Basadre, Jorge (1981) Peruanos del siglo XIX
Estrada, Jenny (1984) Mujeres de Guayaquil, siglo XVI al siglo XX
Martínez Riaza, Ascención (1985) La prensa doctrina en la independencia de Perú, 1811-1824
Neuhaus Rizo Patrón, Carlos (1997) Las Mariscalas
Romero de Valle, Emilia (1966) Diccionario manual de literatura peruana y materias afines