Colonel Fermin Valdes Dominguez Y Quintano Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
COLONEL FERMIN VALDES DOMINGUEZ Y QUINTANO
Born: July 10, 1852 in La Habana, Cuba
Died: June 13, 1910 in La Habana, Cuba
Fermin Valdes Dominguez y Quintano (1852-1910), was José Martí's oldest and best friend, "the brother of his soul" as Martí called him. Both Domingues and Martí, who had met in school, opposed Spanish rule in Cuba, and were convicted of treason while still in their teens. At their trial, each tried to protect the other. Martí was more convincing, received a six-year sentence of hard labor; Valdes received six months. Eventually, both were deported to Spain, where Valdés finished his medical studies and Martí studied law. Valdés assisted Martí in organizing the Revolution of 1895, and, when Martí was killed in the early days of the war, Valdés went to Cuba, where he served under Generals José Maceo and Maximo Gómez for the duration of the war. As a physician, Valdés was valuable to the Cuban rebels who, in recognition of his services, elected him as one of the army's representatives to the Yaya constitutional convention in 1897.
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COLONEL FERMIN VALDES DOMINGUEZ Y QUINTANO - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/17/1909 - HFSID 217719The Colonel and Jose Marti's best friend rewrites in a very long and interesting letter to Nicolas Alberdi some pages of his diary talking about the anguished and sorrowed days as a soldier Autograph Letter Signed: "Fermin Valdes Dominguez" in iron gall ink. 10x8. 21 pages.Price: $900.00
