Tomás Frías Ametller was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th President of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1872 to 1873 and from 1874 to 1876. Having graduated as a lawyer and worked as a merchant, he soon decided to enter the world of politics. His long political career began in 1831, when he was elected to represent Potosí in the Chamber of Deputies. This was followed by his first diplomatic posting when he was sent to France in Bolivia's first ever foreign delegation.
[Translation.] Secretariate General for Foreign Affairs, La Paz, March 31, 1871. Sir: In virtue of the verbal conference which has taken place between the undersigned and yourself, (U. S. H.,)…
[Inclosure 4 in No. 42.—Translation.] Dr. Casimiro Corral to Mr. Reynolds. La Paz, Bolivia, January 13, 1875. Mr. R. M. Reynolds, Minister of the United States in Bolivia: I have…
[Inclosure 1 in No. 45.—Translation.] The directory of the revolution to Mr. Reynolds. The directory of the revolution authorizes the honorable Mr. Robert M. Reynold, minister of the United States…