Miguel Aldama

[1] Alongside his mansion, the Palacio de Aldama, in Prado[2] and a considerable stake in the Havana Railroad, he owned five of Cuba's largest estates.

Aldama became part of a reformist delegation led by José Morales Lemus in late 1866, traveling to Madrid, Spain to negotiate reforms with the Spanish government.

[5] On May 10, 1869, Aldama arrived at the Port of New York in the United States after departing Cuba's capital on board the steamship S.S. Morro Castle.

A court-martial was held on November 9, 1870, in which Aldama and others associated with the second junta of New York were convicted of treason and rebellion, with a death sentence by garrote awaiting them if they fell into Spanish hands.

[8] In 1878, following the Pact of Zanjón, his palatial residence, near Plaza del Vapor, was returned by the colonial government but never again occupied by the Aldama family.

Señor Miguel Aldama, President of the Cuban Junta, New York City.
Palacio Aldama, Havana, Cuba.