SPAIN PERU autograph president Hipolito Unanue signing appointment document 1825

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Atendiendo
a los meritos y servicios de Don Felipe Moreyra
he venido en
nombrarle amanuense de la Tesoreria general con el sueldo de su dotacion.
Considering the merits and services of
Don Felipe Moreyra
, I have come to appoint him as a clerk of the General Treasury with the salary of his endowment. Lima, first of october of 1825- 6th year of independency and 4th year of the republic.
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José Hipólito Unanue y Pavón
(August 13, 1755–July 15, 1833) was a
physician
,
naturalist
,
meteorologist
,
cosmographer
, the first
Minister of Finance of Peru
, Minister of Foreign affairs, Protomédico (equivalent to Minister of health combines with head of "Escuela de Medicina del Peru"), university
professor
, founder of the San Fernando Medical School (now the Medicine faculty of
San Marcos University
), representative of Arequipa in the
Cortes of Cádiz
, President of the Junta de Gobierno (highest executive power in the Peruvian government at that time), Protector of the province of Arequipa (during the Spanish Empire), independence precursor and a
Peruvian
politician, active in politics in the early years after independence. He served as the
President of the Congress
from 1822 to 1823.
Early life
Hipólito Unanue was born in
Arica
on August 13, 1755 as the son of Antonio Unánue de Montalivert and Manuela Pavón y Salgado, both from
creole
families. He studied philosophy and law in a seminary in
Arequipa
. In 1777, Unanue moved to
Lima
to study natural sciences. He studied in Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos where he received his bachelor's degree in 1783, graduated in 1786 and became a professor at the same university, establishing his name as an eminent
physician
. He was one of the founders of
Sociedad Académica de Amantes del País
in 1790.
Unanue was
Minister of Finance of Peru
on three times: 1821-1823, 1823-1824 and 1824-1825. His contributions to Peruvian science were "largely forgotten," during the turbulent period of Peruvian independence.
Hipólito Unanue
Portrait by
José Gil de Castro
Personal details
Born
August 13, 1755
Arica
,
Viceroyalty of Peru
Died
July 15, 1833
San Vicente de Cañete
,
Peru
Nationality
Peruvian
Profession
Physician
,
naturalist
,
meteorologist
,
professor