José Presas y Marull (?-1842) was a Spanish attorney, writer, politician, diplomat and historian of Catalan origin.
[3] He settled in Buenos Aires near the year 1790, being a student of the College of San Carlos and probably got his doctorate in law at University of Saint Francis Xavier.
[4] José Presas was nephew of Francisco Marull, owner of the Botica del Colegio, a pharmacy located in front of the Church of San Ignacio.
[7] José Presas y Marull had maintained cordial relations with the American and English community, established in the Buenos Aires colonial.
In 1804, he was godson of John Cook (born in Boston), baptized in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on 8 November of the same year.