{"record":{"aliases":["Manuel María de Zamacona","Manuel María de Zamacona y Murphy"],"appointmentIds":["mexico-c42b8438c7fcfb"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-manuel-maria-de-zamacona-y-morfi-9ff25a1697/","countrySlug":"mexico","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-manuel-maria-de-zamacona-y-morfi-9ff25a1697/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Manuel María de Zamacona y Morfi was a lawyer, journalist, and Liberal politician from Puebla. Educated at the Seminario Palafoxiano, he directed El Siglo XIX and became Benito Juárez's foreign secretary in 1861. He negotiated an agreement with British representative Charles Wyke over Mexico's debt, but resigned when Congress rejected it. He subsequently served as a deputy and worked on the Mexican-American claims commission.","He went to the United States to build support for the government of Porfirio Díaz and became accredited minister in 1878. His work combined political recognition with commercial promotion. He addressed business audiences in Chicago and encouraged American investment. A contemporary report by U.S. Minister John W. Foster records the interest generated by his Chicago visit and the invitation that followed for Foster to discuss bilateral trade.","Border violence remained an immediate problem. On 8 June 1878 Zamacona asked Secretary of State William Evarts to enforce American neutrality law against armed groups using Texas as a base for incursions into Mexico. He referred to his earlier warnings about recruitment and arms depots and to subsequent crossings of the Rio Grande.","After his Washington mission he returned to Mexican public life and the judiciary. He died in 1904. His son, Manuel María de Zamacona e Inclán, later became ambassador in 1911."],"id":"mexico:mx-manuel-maria-de-zamacona-y-morfi","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-9ff25a1697f476285ef4.html","name":"Manuel María de Zamacona y Morfi","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["zamacona-humanistas"],["zamacona-thesis","zamacona-chicago"],["zamacona-neutrality"],["zamacona-thesis"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-9ff25a1697f476285ef4.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[{"certainty":"documented","name":"Manuel María de Zamacona e Inclán","note":"Documented father–son relationship.","profileUrl":"diplomat-6fd96bc8a73faabd3654.html","sourceIds":["zamacona-thesis"],"targetId":"mexico:mx-manuel-maria-de-zamacona-e-inclan","type":"family"}],"relationships":[{"certainty":"documented","note":"Documented father–son relationship.","sourceIds":["zamacona-thesis"],"targetId":"mexico:mx-manuel-maria-de-zamacona-e-inclan","type":"family"}],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"bf470d7b938b0ce6","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"zamacona-humanistas","locator":"Biographical entry","publisher":"Humanistas, reproducing Humberto Musacchio's biographical dictionary","title":"Manuel María de Zamacona","type":"reference","url":"https://humanistas.org.mx/Zamacona.htm"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2011","id":"zamacona-thesis","locator":"Washington chapter and printed pp.137–139 (PDF pp.138–140)","publisher":"UNAM","title":"Ana Silvia Rábago Cordero, Manuel María de Zamacona, entre la ley y la realidad","type":"scholarship","url":"https://tesiunamdocumentos.dgb.unam.mx/ptb2011/mayo/0669192/0669192_A1.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1878-10-09","id":"zamacona-chicago","locator":"1878,document 376","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, FRUS","title":"Foster to Evarts,9 October 1878","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1878/d376"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1878-06-08","id":"zamacona-neutrality","locator":"1878,document 388","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, FRUS","title":"Zamacona to Evarts,8 June 1878","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1878/d388"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-9fe6d5f27d546bc5f4ec","locator":"Official historical roster. Its stale “Actual” entry for Moctezuma is superseded by the current embassy. Blank dates remain unknown; appointment and credential dates are distinct.","publisher":"","title":"SRE Historical Diplomatic Archive — Mexican representatives to the United States","type":"Mission record","url":"https://portales.sre.gob.mx/acervo/images/Embajadores-2024/sedes-2024/1_25-Estados_Unidos.pdf"}],"topics":["Liberal Reform","claims arbitration","trade promotion","border security"]},"schemaVersion":1}