Rodríguez, José Ignacio,  1831-1907. <br/><br/>
José Ignacio Rodríguez papers, 1860-1907. 

 - 25,000  items. 65  containers. 26  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 14 series.  Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: American-Spanish Claims Commissions; Series 3: United States and Venezuelan Claims Commission; Series 4: Claims Against Dominican Republic; Series 5: Joint Commission of Costa Rica and the United States; Series 6: French and American Claims Commission; Series 7: Claims Against the Military Government of Cuba; Series 8: Bureau of the American Republics; Series 9: Legal Cases and Clients; Series 10: Puerto Rico; Series 11: Writings; Series 12: Personal; Series 13: Newspaper Clippings; and Series 14: Other Papers. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence; legal records; notes, drafts, and other literary papers; newspaper clippings; and other papers relating to Rodriguez's career as an author and lawyer.  Documents his work involving Latin American claims commissions and governments and his writings on Latin American history.  Includes material pertaining to claims against the governments of Cuba and the Dominican Republic; cases before various Spanish and American Claims commissions, the French and American Claims Commission, the Joint Commission of Costa Rica and the United States, the United States and Mexican Claims Commission, and the Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, D.C.; individual litigations including cases from the legations of Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, and Uruguay; and the establishment the El Salvadoran legation in Washington, D.C., in 1894 and extradition of El Salvadorean refugees, 1894-1895.  Individuals represented include Antonio Maximo Mora, Néstor Ponce de León, and Julio Sanguily.  Includes papers of José Manuel Mestre and records of the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del Pais, Cuba, and of the Cuban Junta, New York, N.Y. 
<br/><br/><br/>Selected materials <br/>appropriate custodial divisions of the Library of Congress. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Cuban-American lawyer and author. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in Spanish and English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013046 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78038158  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mora, Antonio Maximo, 1818-1897. <br/>Ponce de León, Néstor, 1837-1899. <br/>Sanguily, Julio.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Chile. Embajada (U.S.) <br/>Colombia. Embajada (U.S.) <br/>El Salvador. Legacíon (U.S.) <br/>Uruguay. Legacíon (U.S.) <br/>Bureau of the American Republics (Washington, D.C.)<br/>French and American Claims Commission.<br/>Joint Commission of Costa Rica and the United States.<br/>United States and Mexican Claims Commission.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diplomatic and consular service, El Salvadorian--United States.<br/>Practice of law--Cuba.<br/>Practice of law--Washington (D.C.)<br/>Refugees--El Salvador.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Costa Rica--Claims.<br/>Cuba--Claims.<br/>Dominican Republic--Claims.<br/>France--Claims.<br/>Latin America--Claims.<br/>Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.<br/>Latin America--History.<br/>Mexico--Claims.<br/>Spain--Claims.<br/>United States--Claims.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Authors.<br/>Lawyers.