{"record":{"aliases":["José M. Yrigoyen"],"appointmentIds":["peru-984e46d50af148","peru-7d97beadcb969c"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["yrigoyen-letter"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/jose-maria-yrigoyen-6302b46b4d/","countrySlug":"peru","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/jose-maria-yrigoyen-6302b46b4d/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["José María Yrigoyen served in Peru’s Washington legation before the acting leadership recorded in the mid-1890s. The Office of the American Republics’ contemporary manual lists him as secretary and chargé d’affaires while Pedro Alejandrino del Solar was absent.","A surviving 1904 letter offers a glimpse of a later business career in New York. In the transcription published by antiquarian bookseller David M. Lesser, Yrigoyen pressed John Winfield Scott for overdue company payments and explained that delays had affected remittances and commitments in Lima. The accompanying catalog identifies him as a director of the Pacific Company, a concern with South American transport and financial interests. This commercial episode is documented more narrowly than his diplomatic career; the catalog’s identification remains the basis for linking the letter to the former chargé."],"id":"peru:jose maria yrigoyen","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-6302b46b4d0b38109897.html","name":"José María Yrigoyen","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["yrigoyen-manual"],["yrigoyen-letter"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-6302b46b4d0b38109897.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[{"certainty":"documented","name":"Pedro Alejandrino del Solar","note":"Contemporary diplomatic directory identifies Yrigoyen as secretary and chargé while del Solar, the minister, was absent.","profileUrl":"diplomat-f9f5830cccb84c0cdc51.html","sourceIds":["yrigoyen-manual"],"targetId":"peru:pedro alejandrino del solar","type":"worked_with"}],"relationships":[{"certainty":"documented","note":"Contemporary diplomatic directory identifies Yrigoyen as secretary and chargé while del Solar, the minister, was absent.","sourceIds":["yrigoyen-manual"],"targetId":"peru:pedro alejandrino del solar","type":"worked_with"}],"researchStatus":"limited","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"947b86bd116905eb","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"","id":"yrigoyen-manual","locator":"Diplomatic directory, Peru; OCR under Pedro A. del Solar","publisher":"Oficina de las Repúblicas Americanas, Washington","title":"Manual de las Repúblicas Americanas","type":"primary-record","url":"https://archive.org/details/manualdelasrep00inte"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1904-10-05","id":"yrigoyen-letter","locator":"Transcription and catalog commentary","publisher":"David M. Lesser, ABAA, catalog reproduced by AbeBooks","title":"José M. Yrigoyen: autograph letter to John Winfield Scott, 5 October 1904","type":"archive","url":"https://www.abebooks.fr/rechercher-livre/auteur/yrigoyen-jose-m/"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-7c6732d6b6a8cca83a5b","locator":"Indexed full text retrieved. Records Ramos as chargé ad interim on 28 February 1975 and Arce’s appointment on 19 March; Rivero as chargé ad interim on 26 December 1982 and Pastor’s appointment on 3 June 1983. These bound the interim-event notes; appointment is not treated as a verified handover day. Also confirms Berckemeyer’s ambassador role. Direct archive opens returned technical difficulties.","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for the Republic of Peru","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/94363.htm"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-9250248c855a977bca76","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"José María Yrigoyen — mission record (1892 (documented service))","type":"Mission record","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDIR-1892-12-12/pdf/CDIR-1892-12-12.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-2fd47455d55e9c5af725","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"José María Yrigoyen — mission record (1892 (documented service))","type":"Mission record","url":"https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/server/api/core/bitstreams/1158326a-f628-49bb-85b5-51544e7d7918/content"}],"topics":["Commercial diplomacy","Pacific Company"]},"schemaVersion":1}