Alejo Peyret - Arrival in Argentina

Arrival in Argentina

Peyret arrived in Montevideo on November 4, 1852. Here, he wrote for El Comercio del Plata, a periodical edited by José María Cantilo. Alberto Larroque, president of the College of Uruguay (in Concepción del Uruguay) offered him a professorship. The minister of Justice, Worship, and Public Instruction, Juan María Gutiérrez, designated him head of the French and Geography departments beginning June 5, 1855. He remained in this position until September 4, 1856. He served as an editor of the biweekly El Uruguay under the direction of Benjamín Victorica. He spearheaded the creation of La Cosmopolita Society of Mutual Aid on August 31, 1856 in Concepción del Uruguay. In September of that year, Peyret relocated to Paraná to assume control of El Nacional Argentino, an organization in support of the Confederation. He remained in Paraná until July 1857 "except for one month's interruption (May - June) which I spent in Uruguay to see Euristela". "Euristela" is a reference to Josefa Auristela Caraballo, with whom Peyret had his first two sons, Nieves Emilia and Luis Alejo.