José Clemente Zulueta y Estrada (November 23, 1876 – September 10, 1904) was a Filipino writer, Philippine Revolution historian and bibliographer.

They enrolled him at the old College of San Antonio de Padua and in Ateneo Municipal, where he obtained his Bacheller en Artes.

His poem Afectos a la Virgen was awarded third prize in 1895 with a lirio de plata (silver lily) by the Academia Bibliografico Mariana of Lerida, Spain.

During his student days, he organized a study group among his friends with whom he expounded on philosophy, arithmetic and algebra, ethics, rhetoric and poetry.

He decided he wanted to record all the military activities of the revolution and presented his purpose to Governor General Camilio de Polavieja, who gave him a permit to cross Spanish battle lines.

It called for the expulsion of the friars, return of land to Filipinos, freedom of press, religious tolerance and legal equality.

We aspire to have a government which will represent all the active forces of the country, in which will take part the most capable, the most worthy in virtues and talents, without regard to their birth, their wealth, or the face to which they belong.

We desire that no friar shall set his foot on any part of the Archipelago, and that no convent or monastery or center of corruption, or partisans of that theocracy which has made this land another inquisitorial Spain, shall remain.

[1]Later on, he worked with Pedro A. Paterno in negotiating the Pact of Biak Na Bato, a peace treaty between the Spanish government and the Filipinos, signed in December 1897, thereby, temporarily ending the war.

On June 20, 1898, wanting to exercise freedom of the press which the revolution fought for, he established the newspaper La Libertad with Epifanio de los Santos.

On June 9, 1899, in Cabanatuan, President Emilio Aguinaldo appointed him Secretary of Foreign Affairs, replacing Felipe Buencamino.

He collaborated with Don Modesto Reyes in establishing the newspaper, La Union, which General Elwell S. Otis later banned because of its anti-American content.

As provided by law, his duties were stated as follows: "…whose duty it shall be, under the supervision and direction of the Civil Governor, to visit the countries of Europe, Mexico, and elsewhere for the purpose of purchasing books and manuscripts relating to the history of the Philippine Islands, making historical researches into said history, procuring copies of official documents relating thereto, with the view to the foundation in Manila of a public historical library upon the subject of the Philippine Islands.

[6] Zulueta subsequently joined the faculty of Liceo de Manila and taught subjects on Philippine and World History.