Melquíades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña (1838–1895) was a

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. He was

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and Colonization of Chile (1880–1881).

References

*«LINEA DE TIEMPO DE VALDIVIA». genealog.cl. Consultado el 2 de agosto de 2014. *Volver arriba ↑ Editorial Jurídica de Chile (1871). «Estudios de historia de las Institueiones Politicas y Sociales» (1° edición). p. 30. *Volver arriba ↑ Luis Valencia Avaria (1871). «Anales de la República, Volume 1» (1° edición). p. 500. *Volver arriba ↑ Fernando Moraga (2013). «Gente de La Serena» (1° edición). p. 148. *Volver arriba ↑ Fernando Cristian Sainz de la Peña Rodríguez. «Historia de la familia Sáenz de la Peña» (1° edición). p. 263. 1838 births 1895 deaths Foreign ministers of Chile 19th-century Chilean lawyers {{Chile-politician-stub