Political leader. Born 1803 and died 1880 in Mexico City. Educated as lawyer. Offices held: Primer Regidor del Ayuntamiento de México (1829), deputy to the Congreso de la Unión (first elected 1833), Minister of Justice, Minister of Hacienda (June-Aug. 1848), thrice Governor of the State of Mexico (1849, 1857, 1871), Director del Nacional Monte de Piedad. Imprisoned 1852-1854 during final presidency of Antonio López de Santa Anna. Named Emperor Maximilan's defender in May 1867. Worked to develop Mexico's law enforcement system, roads, railways, and industry.
For a complete chronology of Mariano Riva Palacio, see Part 1: Introduction to this guide.
The collections pertains to the governance of Mexico at federal, state, and local levels, to management of various institutions and haciendas, to social and economic conditions in Mexico, and to the activities of Mariano Riva Palacio and many other well-known figures of 19th century Mexico, plus documents relating to the settlement of the estate of Vicente Guerrero. Other names prominent in the collection are Juan Álvarez, Mariano Arista, Ignacio Comonfort, Atilano Sánchez Garayo, and Antonio López de Santa Anna.
This page presents Part 14: 1870 of the collection guide. To access other parts of the guide see Related Material.
Arrangement is primarily chronological, with items numbered in accordance with the published guide:
Mariano Riva Palacio Collection, 1716-1880, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
The item level description of this guide follows the published calendar
Difficulty in collecting Contribución personal and alcabala because of different system in Guerrero State; bandits in Zacualpan; need for government post near Hacienda de Ojo de Agua to watch imports of brandy, sugar, from Morelos State.
Resignation; Lozano.
Federal authorization for 4,000 increase in strength of Guardia Nacional; revolution in San Luis.
Report of Prefecto de Zumpango; Indian uprising in Mezquital; pursuit of Islas and Domínguez near Tezontepec; Ka[mp]fner; Villagrán; Pachuca; destruction of Antonio Noriega's band; Atitalaquia; Tula; San Luis troops at Apan; San Luis uprising; Guardia Nacional increased; defeat and death of Ávalos near Matamoros Izúcar; Rancho de los Amates.
Appointment of Lic. Portillo Juez de Zacualpan; inability of Alcaraz to obtain equipment for the colleges; Cipriano.
Revolutions in Puebla and Morelos; danger to Chalco; need to raise larger force of gendarmes; meeting of merchants and hacendados; pay of rurales; conspiracy under surveillance; “movimiento comunista” among the Indians; Ayuntamiento elections lost by the Indians; Berriozábal.
Meeting of merchants and hacendados in Chalco; watch maintained over Ixtapaluca, Tlalmanalco, Chalco, Ayotzingo, Temamatla, Cocotitlán, Tenango, and Ameca, Ozumba, Juchi, and Tepetlixpa; Juan Francisco; increase in gendarmes and rurales; Spaniard Sordo kidnapped; corn planting; Archcofradía; Soto; mortgage at Hacienda de Santa Rita; Sra. Ortuño.
Ignacio Guerrero; Hacienda de los Morales; Monte; attack on town of San Pedro, Tenango District, destruction of water pipes; theft of cattle.
Pursuit of band at El Pedregal, near Ocuilan, by Major Muñoz; request for funds via Benito Sánchez and Pando.
Appointment as Jefe político of Cuautitlán; Pérez Tejada; Barrera.
Release of Núñez to the Gendarmerie.
Quarrel between leasor of Hacienda de los Morales and Hacienda de Monte Pozo and the citizens of Zictepec; Tenango; return of Major Muñoz; request Zictepec inhabitants be forced to replace the canoes they destroyed.
Effort of cuadrillas de San Nicolás and Santa Catarina to become towns; aid refused; opposite side represented by “hermano Yáñez”; request by Manuel Reyes “el joven”; involvement of Díaz González.
Junta de autoridades y hacendados; their objection to local personnel in militia; “guerra del comunismo”; tactics of Sheridan recommended; hacendados compared to “el hidalgo de La Mancha”; travel to Zumpango; Juan Francisco; increase in pay asked by troops; plot against Sordo traced to Atlixco and Ameca; pursuit in Ozumba; Chalco cleared of dissidents; bad news from Atlixco, Jonacatepec, and Morelos; murders by bandits in Jonacatepec.
Plan for road via Zumpahuacán, San Pablo, and San Gaspar to Tierra Caliente; repairs to bridge at Chalchihuapa; request for approval.
Arrival from Tlalmanalco on foot; Mezón de San José; road from La Calavera to Ozumba; loss of horse and uniform; request for $10; plan to continue to Mexico to request financial aid.
Meeting with Miguel González; purchase of uniforms; pronunciamiento of Diputado Romo at Hacienda de Tultenango, calling himself “General en Jefe de las fuerzas constitucionales del Estado...de México.” Reference to Josefina; Chente; Poncho.
Promise to perform his duties at the Instituto del Estado.
Request for intervention with General Figueroa for release of Román Peñúñuri; capture by bandits at Puebla; brother Manuel and sister Carmelita; Martínez; Lerdo; inventory of books; Nicolás; Cuamatla.
Capture of brother Román by General Figueroa near Matamoros; Juan Herrera; recuperation from wound in Puebla; second brother's position as army veterinarian; danger of execution of Román.
Order of Governor of Hidalgo for end to case against Temoaya; Administrador de Rentas de Actopan; instructions to Viniegra; Tagle; Cruz; bandits on road to San Javier, pursued by Villagrán.
Funds for primary instruction; trial of Crescencio Fragoso by Juez Zubieta; repairs to jail; Architect Franco; use of personal salary for education; Nolasco; bail suggested for Fragoso.
Review of state of readiness for police action; “reglamento de rondas reformado”; Nolasco; meeting with Jefes políticos in Tlalnepantla and Cuautitlán; use of Remihtom (Remington?) rifles; rumors of death of Santillán; includes signed note by N. Cruz reporting bandits chased into Hidalgo State.
Manuel Sordo abducted at “El pulpito del diablo” near Tlalmanalco and carried to Atlixco in Puebla by Vicente Saldaña, Macario Lima, Apolonio Ruiz, and “Pico de Oro”; return from Otumba; capture and death of Vicente Saldaña between Tepetlixpa and Ozumba; capture of Juan Castillo, his escape, apprehension, and death; search for Macario Lima.
Discovery of plot to attack Hacienda de Chapingo in connection with other incidents in Chalco and San Juan de los Llanos; guard over jail; arrival of Colonel Loera en route to Otumba; meeting of dissidents at Tierra Blanca, near Río Frío; usefulness of Guardia Nacional.
Organization of
Receipt of shipment of cloth; prices of cloth; tax on the shipment; Arroyozarco; Administrador de Rentas de Jilotepec. Includes note by Riva Palacio on previous arrangements made for use of the cloth.
Bandit threat to Texcoco; Colonel Loera sent from Apam; Cuerpo de San Luis's return from Veracruz via Puebla, Venta Nueva, and Texcoco.
Departure as ordered; José Esquibel.
Effort of Romo to join García in Montañas de las Cruces; travel to La Melera, Municipalidad de Temoaya; San Bartolomé Otzolotepec; meeting with Garduño at Jajalpa; request for rifles and ammunition.
Meeting of authorities and hacendados; organization of Seguridad Pública; Colonel Cañedo.
Danger from bandit activity; pursuit of bandits by troops of Hidalgo State; use of Gendarmes.
Fears of Sheridan derided; need for strong Jefe político in Texcoco; Otumba; Loera; Tierra Blanca; praise for hacendados of Zumpango and Cuautitlán; Tlalnepantla; use of Gendarmerie.
Romo and Plata identified at Hacienda de Mayorazgo and Hacienda de San Nicolás Peralta; Garduño's troops from Jajalpa misled to Lomas de Amomoluco and El Pedregal de Santiago Tianguistenco; Juan García; Ocuilan; Lomas de Temoaya; horse taken from arriero near Hacienda de Santa Catarina.
Reports of secret police of uprising at Texcoco; warning by Sheridan and Loera; arrival with troops from Chalco; plan discovered of Mariano Pis, Ignacio Guevara, and Anastacio Torrescano to abduct Miguel Uribe; arrest of Torrescano and Guevara; La Blanca; Cruz and Pis sought in San Cristóbal; pronunciamiento de Jesús Romo.
Request for signed certificate by Riva Palacio for use of American Legation in case of “la renta fraudulenta” by “Moseley de Texas”; papers carried by Sánchez Solís; departure for the United States to handle Mexican claims; claims involving land in Texas. Includes note on return of papers signed: witnesses, José del Villar y Marticonena (Escribano) and Secretario del Gobierno Fuentes Muñiz, as well as Rivera Melo; sale of land to “compadre Mexia”; falsity of Moseley's claim to sale of Texas land.
Differences with Jefe político Sheridan minimized; peaceful reports from Texcoco, Chalco, and Otumba; stagecoach robbed near Tula; Cruz; favorable report on troops at Zumpango; funds needed.
Defense of his estimate of the situation; need for vigilance of the Gendarmerie; experience in Jilotepec without use of Guardia Nacional.
Plaza occupied by Jesús Chávez; withdrawal because of wounds; collection of militia at Las Cruces; pursuit near Tejupilco; money needed for troops.
Pause in route to Jiquipilco and Temoaya in pursuit of Plata, Romo, and Juan García; Zitácuaro; Tierra quemada; rumor of uprising in Real del Oro brought by Pancho Contreras; horses and replacement of equipment needed; suffering caused by cold weather; Cejudo, Jefe político de Lerma.
Transmittal of report on attack by Juan Chávez; Mariano Muñoz; search in Tenería; Chávez located in Tejupilco.
Departure from Tlalnepantla with Cruz; troops from Cuautitlán; agreement with hacendados of Tlalnepantla; criticism of hacendados in Chalco, especially Gachenda de Ulibarri; agreement of Berriozábal; meeting with Mejía and Loera; Nicolás; Escalona; Las Cruces; need for troops at Ocuilan, Temoaya, and Tenango and Lerma; Peace in Chalco; need for money.
Meeting with Colonel Limón at Hacienda de San Nicolás Peralta; meeting of Romo and García east of Santiago Tianquistenco; departure of Garduño with Escuadrón Mercado.
Municipal José Arias of Chapultepec impressed into service by Colonel Limón for refusing to furnish soldiers; armed men reported near Zictepec and Zepayautla; aid from Muñoz in Tenancingo; Romo's refuge in the Sierra; pursuit by Limón.
Federal force requested by Berriozábal to operate around Chalco, isolating Cuautla; pronunciamiento in Cuautla; with sympathizers in Ameca and Chalco.
Defeat and death of Romo at Monte del Veladero at hands of Limón; sympathy sent to his mother; Josefina; Lupe.
Meeting with bandits at Los Órganos; death of Romo and Barragán; escape of Abraham Plata and Juan García; citation for Lieutenant Colonel Garduño.
Arrival in Texcoco; review of equipment of Gendarmes; supply of horses; dissatisfaction with Chalco's defense; meeting with Berriozábal, Juan Francisco, and Nicolás at La Asunción; pronunciamiento in Cuautla denied; cry [UNK] Viva Cuernavaca! used by inebriates; Sordo in Atlixco.
Fight between
Pronunciamiento in Cuautla denied by Cañedo; concern over Chalco; General Luis P. Figueroa ordered to watch Matamoros Izúcar, Chautla (Cuautla?) and the line between Puebla and Morelos.
Appreciation of efforts to gather money for the
Receipt of instructions; Presidente municipal de Huixquilucan; Cruz; evacuation of Cuautitlán and Zumpango; the Guardia Nacional; defeat of Romo.
Message from Sheridan; conditions in Chalco and Texcoco; danger from frontiers of Puebla and Morelos; Nicolás; patrols along the Cordillera de los volcanes from Venta de Córdoba to Ozumba and Otumba to Tenango; Ixtapaluca; Ulibarri; Major Carranza; use of Gendarmes; Cruz; Romo.
Disproved rumors of uprisings in Morelos, Chalco, Tlalmanalco, and Amecameca; search of Rancho de Tecomaxusco for reported arms; Sheridan; Romo, capture of Guevara and Torrescano.
Capture of Macario Lima; absence of Funes, Berriozábal, and the Cañedos; Morelos; rumors of uprisings invented to raise contributions; delay in sending reports needed for opening of new Legislature; disorganization in Ramo de Terrenos.
Reports of siege in Plaza of Morelos; gunfire at Cuautlixco; report sent to Tepetlixpa and Juchi; need for ammunition.
Reconnaissance of area; peaceful conditions reported; Nuñ[ez]; use of gendarmes; report to Verdiguel.
City at peace; report on Chávez; Municipalidad de Amatepec; Tejupilco.
Horses furnished the Gendarmerie; weapons from the Ministro de la Guerra; Campbell carbines; arming of Chalco District; Juan Francisco; Cañedo; Nicolás; surrender of Cuautla to Visoso; Figueroa to pursue rebels; Matamoros; approach of the Legión del Norte; 200 men and artillery lost by Rocha on the 18th; approach of Corella from Ciudad Victoria with 600 men; Escobedo in Jaral; troops from Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, and Querétaro to march on San Luis; Sãnchez Solís; opening of the College.
Troops under Major Carranza sent to Chalco; telegram to Berriozábal; Otumba invaded by a “gavilla de comunistas” 600 strong; local fair sparsely attended; prohibition of gambling; discontent of Ayuntamiento; loss of revenue from fines.
Departure for Tejupilco to prevent participation in the Chalco rebellion; Alcalde Municipal José H. López left in charge.
Use of Ley de facultades; recruiting drive.
Eye-witness account of attack on Morelos by Lucas Urrutia; cry of “[UNK] Viva D. Porfirio Díaz!”; defense by Guardia Nacional; recruiting by rebels; withdrawal to Jonacatepec; pursuit by General Leiva and Colonel Figueroa; arrival of General Cuéllar; bandits Juan Ríos and Antonio Carreón caught at Ayapango and Tenango; José Palma, escapee from Ayotla jail; participation in attack on Sordo and in recruiting with Julio López; reconnaissance of Monte de Juchi; Juan Francisco; Berriozábal; entry of “Comunista” Domínguez in Otumba District.
Arrival at Hacienda de la Tenería, District of Temascaltepec, from Almoloya. Withdrawal of Jefe político from Tejupilco; collection of troops and return to the city; withdrawal of rebels.
Suit between Hacienda de Tetla and citizens of Coyotepec; delay explained; request for leave.
Meeting of rebels Caldera, Felipe Castro, Crecenciano, Parías, and attack on the Plaza; attack on Jefe Político General Fandiño in the Palacio; withdrawal to Cuahuixtla; meeting with General Luis P. Figueroa and the Legión del Norte, coming from San Miguel Ixtlilco; defeat of rebels, and withdrawal to south of Puebla; death of “Lieutenant Colonel” Felipe Castro, rebel leader; capture of documents implicating other names, listing Cayetano Chavarría and José Correa of Villa del Carbón; origin of plot laid in Chalco by Juan de la Portilla, now in Ameca.
Plot of Ildefonso Guerrero to start uprising in Chalco stopped by Major Cañedo.
Conspiracy in Chalco nipped by Cañedo.
Escort to Mexico for prisoners Ildefonso Guerrero, Pablo Cadena, Valentín Sepúlveda, Máximo Salgado, Marcelino Arsate, Susano Sepúlveda, Antonio Padilla, and Tiburcio Crespo; documents signed by Miguel Negrete; Ángel Salgado of Hacienda de González sought; Quirino López and Francisco Vázquez sought, troops from Otumba and Texcoco; Juan Francisco; ammunition needed.
Delay of student in arriving at the Institute; complaint against the local Jefe político as a tyrant; abuse of law of November 30.
Arrest and release of Juan Ríos on road to Tenango and Temamatla; new arrest by Nicolás Cañedo; protest of prior rights; arrest of Miguel Delgadillo, charged with theft in Texcoco; prior service with Manuel Riva Palacio at La Asunción; hope of rehabilitation; prisoners taken to Mexico by Major Cañedo.
Defeat of band by Luis Ortiz and José Basilio; escape of Bandido Chávez; capture of horses and machetes; need for Jefe político in Temascaltepec; return of stolen property; Pascual Cejudo; Cristóbal Garduño; José Acevedo recommended for post.
Infantry action near Cuernavaca; need for mountain artillery cited by Garduño.
Capture of Cabecilla Cabes; guarantee of personal safety requested.
Compliance with Circular No. 4; delay in reports explained.
Supply of troops for Contingente de sangre; plan to send local vagabonds and troublemakers; rumors of conspiracy in Nau[paluca]n, led by Sotomayor and Dionisio Fragoso; use of secret police; rumor of pronunciamiento in Cuautitlán.
Request for reimbursement for feeding prisoners.
Agreement with Cañedo for temporary appointment of Teodoro González to post with Gendarmerie; defeat of rebel band with aid of troops from the San Luis Potosí Regiment; capture of Colonel Gil; search for Domínguez, Noriega, and Lozano near Tepotzotlán; troops at Cuautitlán; citizens of Tlapanaloya with rebels; capture of copy of “acta levantada en Capula” with signatures of some members of Ayuntamiento de Hueypoxtla.
Promise to comply with the Circular No. 4; failure of the Decreto de enganche voluntario.
Troops from Tlalpam under Escalona to attack rebels at Monte de las Cruces.
End of local unrest with arrest of Jesús Chávez; promise to send recruits.
Search for vagabonds and troublemakers to send in as the quota of recruits; delay in sending reports because of disorder in the Ramo de terrenos of the municipalidades.
Troops from San Luis to attack Noriega in La Peña Colorada de Tepozotlán; failure of Jefe político Marín to pursue Noriega at Santa Gertrudis; pronunciamiento of José Cossío in Hacienda de San Mateo.
Promise to send vagabonds and troublemakers to fill quota of the Contingente de sangre; Circular No. 4.
Fine placed on municipalidad; return of Plata and García to plague Las Cruces; receipt of $400; return of Guardia Nacional to Almoloya, Amatepec, and Tlatlaya; Jefe político Antonio Barrueta; Tenancingo; Temascaltepec.
Troops from San Ángel sent to Las Cruces; Cañedo in El Monte; escape toward Cuernavaca cut off by Cuéllar at Huizilco; Toluca; El Mayorazgo.
Captain Jesús Mijares to escort “Captain” Jesús Chávez to the capital; Antonio Barrueta to be appointed Jefe político of Almoloya.
Money for military pay needed by Escalona; interview with the Minister on finances; troops joined by General Cuéllar and Escalona.
Peaceful conditions in Otumba and Texcoco; receipt of Campbell carbines and ammunition; charges against Ildefonso Guerrero and Pablo Cadena; prisoners sent to the Comandancia militar; Josefina; failure of uprising at Hacienda de González.
Delay in transfer of Chávez; pay for troops.
Rumors of incipient uprising; request for delay in departure of Major Muñoz.
Escalona to remain with troops combatting uprisings; activities of Plata, Sotomayor at Las Cruces, and of Cosío Pontones and Paulino Noriega near Ixtlahuaca; Cuéllar in Tlalpam; Colonel Carrión; pursuit by Villagrán and patrol from Cuerpo de San Luis and troops of Kamp[f]ner; request for help; Escalona; Cañedo.
Kampfner, Villagrán, and Cristerna to pursue Cosío; Nolasco Cruz in Cuautitlán; General Cuéllar, Cañedo, and Escalona en route to Las Cruces in search of Plata and Juan García; approach of Escobedo.
Mora accused of implication in Revolución de Cosío; ordered sent to Mexico; Administrador de Jilotepec sent with orders.
600 men placed under orders of General Cuéllar.
Peaceful conditions;
Collection of tax from Pedro in Ixtapan and Tepexpan; Felipe; Escobedo's campaign in San Luis; approval of controls exercised in Mexico State; difficulty of instituting a budget system; Zamacona.
Request for help in series of debts; Carlos; difficult situation at San Mateo; Pepe Cossío's entry into rebellion blamed on his debts; need to keep hacienda in repair at La Asunción; danger of angering Cossío by taking over San Mateo in foreclosure; approval of Riva Palacio's policy.
Telegram received; policy in Cuatlinchan and Chapingo in doubt; gathering of recruits.
Defense of Marín against Cruz.
Negative results of reconnaissance; area to be left to Escalona; agreement of Cuéllar; return to Jilotepec District; visit to Ixtlahuaca in search of Cosío; Kampfner, Cruz, and Villagrán in search; rumors blamed on Eleuterio Ávila.
Pursuit of rebels by Kampfner and Villagrán at Jilotepec; Cosío Pontones; pursuit of Sotomayor and Juan García at Las Cruces and Jalatlaco by Cuéllar and Escalona.
Pursuit of Cosío and Noriega by Kampfner and Villagrán; Martínez added to the pursuit.
Aid of Rosales y Millán in guarding the peace; band reported at Malinalco; patrol raised at Zumpahuacán; Sotomayor reported at Las Cruces with Plata.
Pursuit of Sotomayor by Limón in Tenancingo District; Escalona and Garduño.
Enemy reported on Hacienda de la Tenería, near Tenancingo and Oquila (Ocuilan?); Major Muñoz in Ocuila[n];
Juan Cuéllar and Cañedo en route to Tenancingo; Limón and Escalona marching with Captain Gutiérrez and the Guardia Nacional; Garduño; patrol at El Condadero; Las Cruces; search for Sotomayor.
Plan to break up troops to search for bands; recommendation of Cuéllar; troops needed at Tenancingo and Jilotepec.
Request for release of horses captured from Mariano López and Evaristo López by bandits; robbery of stagecoach between Morelia and Venta de Guadalupe; servant sent to Toluca by Comandante de Metepec; Cañedo. Mariano López is uncle of writer.
Interview with Alcaraz; refusal to have further contact with him; cost of the photographs of General Guerrero.
Band of 130 enemy located at the hacienda; report by Antonio Cayre, one of the owners; aid of Figueroa in Miacatlán; Buenrostro, ex-imperialist, accused of helping rebels; recognized as superior by Chávez; Plata and García reported at Las Cruces, not with Sotomayor.
Reminder of agreement to return for opening of State Congress; request for aid in obtaining leave for the journey.
Cosío defeated at Villa del Carbón by General Kampfner and Colonel Villagrán; departure from Hacienda de Niginí; use of Policía Rural; dispersal of band; surveillance by Colonel Tuñón Cañedo; search for Noriega.
Arrival in Ixtlahuaca; Noriega's raids on Ixtlahuaca and Atlacomulco; rifles taken from Hacienda de Touri (?); escape toward Acambay and Arroyozarco; return to Mezquital; Cruz in Zumpango; Niginí; sent to Tiacaque by Cuéllar; report on Cosío by servant of Modesto del Valle; pursuit by General Kampfner toward Villa del Carbón; separation of patrol under Núñez sent to Jilotepec; Tula; Jiquipilco; interception of band; Eulalio; capture of Pedro Amador; complaints against Jefe político de Jilotepec; horses taken from Mora at Soyaniquilpan; horses needed by Villagrán.
Division of troops between Muñoz and Escalona; troops in Ocuila[n], Cayré de Jalmolonga; pursuit of Sotomayor; road to Cuernavaca; Distrito de Tenancingo.
Jorge Acuanu (Amanudo?) charged with delivery of silver from Hacienda de los Arcos; danger of travel from Toluca to Mexico; arrival of English packet in Veracruz from Tampico; conspiracies in Spain; Prim accused of helping Queen Isabel; Deputy Noir assassinated in Paris by Prince Bonaparte; Victoria; Isabel.
Defeat of Cosío; capture of weapons and prisoners by Kampfner; withdrawal of gendarmes.
Pursuit of rebels.
Reports from Tenango and Ameca; Morelos State; sentences given prisoners; transfer of prisoners to Mexico suggested; cost of meals; difficulty of guarding prisoners at work; the debt of the district; opposition of the Ayuntamiento de México.
Mission to Ruperto; Limón; Espinoso; pronunciamientos rumored in Tenería and Tecomatlán; Limón at La Ladrillera; Escalona; Riva Palacio's backache.
Limón in Jalmolonga; Plata and García not with Sotomayor; Sotomayor, Trujillo, and Noverón reported at Mesa del Capitán; desert south of El Contadero; Garduño; continued patrolling; Ocuilan; Plata; García.
Imprisonment of Maximina Santín, wife of Chávez at Temascaltepec; clemency suggested.
Peace at Tepotzotlán and Temoaya; incidents at Rancho del Bambrú and San Sebastián; Noriega at La Soledad; toll taken from passengers; Ramón Sánchez.
Leave requested for brother in the Caja de Ahorros, to act as god-father; anticipated parturition of wife Natalia; warning against
Cuéllar to march on Chalco; weapons taken from Cosío Pontones turned over to Colonel Eulalio Núñez, Prefecto de Jilotepec by Villagrán; trial of Chávez by courtmartial suggested.
Concern over outcome of lawsuit; damages incurred in similar case in Chimalhuacán in 1867.
Pursuit of Sotomayor, Plata, and García with aid of Escalona; Major Vargas; Sotomayor reported at Tonatico; Jefe político de Coatepec; Figueroa to stay in Cuernavaca; Tetecala.
Cuéllar followed to Ixtlahuaca and Atlacomulco; Noriega; delivery of letter; Colonel Villagrán's defeat of Cosío near Villa del Carbón; departure for Arroyozarco; Cosío's recruiting from police ranks and from Chapa; Juan Rodea, Leocadio Sánchez; Pedro Amado, Regidor del Ayuntamiento, arrested by Canfer (Kampfner?).
Resignation as Jefe político; continued illness.
Departure of Cuéllar; Cosío reported at Monte de la Palma; cavalry at Jajalpa requested; aid requested of Jefe político in Ixtlahuaca and Jilotepec; change of horses needed; Escuadrón Mercado; Cuéllar's request for Escalona to cover Lerma road.
Enemy located near Chapa de Mota; Cosío's band estimated at 100; Bartolo Santillán; La Venta de las Escobas; Jiquipilco; infantry from Ixtlahuaca; cavalry at Lerma needed; Garduño; Cejudo; uniforms needed; iron for horse shoes needed.
Request for positive attitude toward plaintiffs from Chimalhuacán against the Hacienda de Costitlán; failure of arbitration.
Enemy dispersed; interference of infantry from Ixtlahuaca; Jilotepec; Hacienda de Bodenquí; fight with Domínguez; withdrawal toward San Andrés Timilpa[n] and Valle de Ixtlahuaca, reported en route to Hidalgo; warning to Cruz; Núñez; need of troops to rest; Cosío at Cerro de Chapa; el Viejo.
Sotomayor reported at Tonatico; Muñoz to remain at Maninalco (Malinalco?); Captain Jesús Mijares to go to Ojo de Agua; Lieutenant Colonel Escalona to accompany Limón; poor quality of recruits.
Pursuit of Sotomayor; Muñoz at Jalmolonga; Escalona en route to Ixtapan and Tonatico; aid of Jefe político de Coatepec Harinas; Plata; García; funds needed.
Explanation of conduct toward Pedro Escudero; plan circulated in Jilotepec; the budget plan; settlement of the Teatro de Iturbide business begun when Riva Palacio was President of the Ayuntamiento; difficulties with Zarco; case kept out of courts; Circulars of January 29, 1858 and January 4, 1859.
Houses burned at Tepostepec by rebels from Tenería; arrival of Limón and Escalona; arrival of Agustín awaited; Lupe; Melo; Ignacio Mañón; effort of Juez de Letras to send family to Mexico.
Removal from Cuernavaca; robbery of personal property; employment as Preceptor; retirement as colonel; claim to be cousin of Doloritas Guerrero y Hernández; birthplace at Tixtla de Guerrero; Cura Prudencio Catalán y Guerrero; Vicente; Carlos; continuance in office requested.
Escobedo in San Luis; defeat of rebels; death of Fernández Nava the leader; victory of Rocha at Puente de “Tololotlán”; withdrawal toward Guadalajara; Cuéllar at Querétaro.
Enemy movement from Chapa de Mota to Hacienda de Touri (?), Alcívar, and El Oro; capture of bandits; Monte de Cadenqui; weapons captured; escape of Pepe toward Venta de Alcívar; arrival of Captain Figueroa with Escuadrón Mercado; poor discipline of the unit; Cejudo; Noriega in Polotitlán; Cosío; pay needed for troops; Pérez de León; Manuelito; Eulalio Núñez praised; Guardia Nacional; supplies sent by Fraustro; weakness of Escuadrón Mercado; Cruz; Nicolás; troops of Villagrán.
Relations with “paniaguados de Romero”; invitation to submit writings; printing of history halted by revolution; 2000 copies purchased by Morelia; 400 by Ayuntamiento [de México]; action of rebels in Zacatecas.
Letter from Ministro Iglesias; Diputados Rivas-Echeverría and Búlman; meetings of Juntas preparatorias; need for escort on road from Toluca; aid of Cañedo; roads in Distrito unguarded.
Need for construction of new Palacio de Justicia and new jail; crowding of jails; pay of masons and carpenters from Fondo municipal; submission of budget.
Return of Escuadrón Mercado; desertors; Juan García and Plata reported at Chimalpa, El Desierto, and Ajusco; Limón; Escalona.
Cañedo's attack on Cosío Pontones.
Complaint of Sra. Velázquez unjustified; payment of $20 to Olavarrieta for feeding prisoners; funds from Ozumba; $40 paid by Ameca; payments by Tesorería de Bienes Municipales de México; Mariano Olavarrieta.
Arrival from Tonatico; march to Ocuila[n]; patrols by Escalona and Major Muñoz in search of Sotomayor; Plata and García sought in Ajusco; failure to find rebels; funds needed.
Services rendered by Doroteo Barrera in prison; request time be counted double; petition of Vicente Rangel.
Complaint of citizens of San Gerónimo, Municipalidad de Tecamac, against payment of Contribución personal; instigation by Lic. Mauro Córdoba, for election purposes; plan to call Consejo del distrito. Pencil note: Ley de ayuntamientos de 7 de enero de 1847; Article 15, de la ley de Jefes políticos.
Visits to Tecámac and Temoncalapa (Temascalapa?) near Tezontepec; search for incipient rebels; request for permanent troop assignments; Hacienda de Salinas threatened by bandits.
Execution of rebels delayed; Law of April 14, 1869; Cañedo; transmittal of trial papers; horseshoes sent by stagecoach for Cañedo.
Failure to sell house at No. 7, Calle de San José el Real; “pensión de herencias”; will of Fagoaga; tax on sales; offer to sell estate for $18,322.
Delay in submitting report; data required from Municipalidades and Municipios.
Need for increasing the Seguridad pública; instructions to draft vagabonds and troublemakers.
Compliance with orders to round up suspects and vagabonds.
Pursuit of rebels under Aragón; departure from Cuernavaca and Yautepec; rebel attack on Fanaiño at Cuautla: troops divided between Figueroa y Valle and writer; arrival in Tepalcingo; enemy located at La Paraca between Atotonilco and Huichila; rebels identified as members of the Guardia Nacional; capture of weapons; act defying the Supremo Gobierno signed by Ignacio Vidaurrázaga, Aragón, Feliciano Chavarría, and Caldera; capture of Curiel, secretary to the rebels; documentary proof of Aragón's interest in State of Mexico.
Troops of Escalona; surveillance by Sotomayor; search for Plata and García near Atlapulco and Acopilco by Garduño and Cejudo; Muñoz; troops in Zacualpan; Malinalco.
Jefe político de Coatepec; newspaper accounts of defeat of Zacatecans at Jérez by General Neri; defeat of Aragón and Chavarría at Cerro de Paraca by General Leiva; news from Ministerio de la Guerra; search for Antonio Caire, owner of Hacienda de Jalmolonga; activities of Sotomayor.
Orders sent to Colonel Limón.
Visit to Yáñez; meeting of Junta Menor for the drainage of Laguna de Lerma; Vicente Larrea recommended for election as Recaudador de los Fondos.
Request for appointment of Ignacio Dosamantes as Jefe Político de Cuautitlán.
Success of government forces in San Luis; band suspected of being with Juan García and Plata reported at Cerro de la Campana; Garduño sent to attack band; town warned to be on guard.
Example set by Butrón in Monte de las Cruces; use of Batallón “Libres de México”; surveillance of troublemakers; suspect in Ocoyoacac; suspects from Acopilco, Chimalpa, and San Pedro Coagimalpa (?) in the Distrito Federal.
Cuéllar to leave Tacubaya to patrol the Monte.
Denial of rumors of involvement in the revolution; accusations made in Congress at Cuernavaca; previous military service.
Unrest in Guanajuato as result of events in San Luis; arrival of Nicolás; arrival in Parangueo; collection of debt from Salgado; El Valle; travel to Irapuato and Guanajuato to join Escobedo; receipt of money; debt owed to Castillo; difficulty of sending money from Irapuato and Guanajuato; insecurity of the roads; Nicolás; resurgence of bandits on withdrawal of troops from Guanajuato; illness of son (pneumonia). Includes note by N. de la Moral; danger from bandits in Guanajuato.
Rebels at El Contadero; meeting in Acopilco; Monte de las Cruces guarded by Garduño; difficulty of using infantry for pursuit.
Request for copy of decrees he issued while governor in 1861 and copy of the periódico oficial entitled “La emancipación; need for documents on behalf of pending suits; address: Calle de la Águila, No. 15; instructions to engineer to survey road from Mexcala; order issued during his period in office for all sums issued “por causa de la guerra” to be entered in an official register.
Damages suffered by his property in previous revolutions; request for loan to recuperate his losses.
System of
Difficulty of handling newly created district; inaptness of the Ayuntamientos; delay in submitting statistical report.
Delay in submitting report called for in Circular No. 40, 1869; lack of precedent; delays by municipalidades; extension granted by Superior Gobierno; Superioridad.
Trouble caused by Plata and García; supply of horses; Guerra movement to Zacualpan.
Visit to Ocuilan (Santiago Ocuila?); enemy located at Paraje La Ciénega; Muñoz wounded and sent to Tenancingo; rebels led by Gachupín Sotomayor located at Jalpa; troops at Zumpahuacán.
Neglect of public instruction, the Seguridad Pública, and administration; request of Simón de los Herreros for return of market-day to Monday; agreement of Ayuntamiento; chartering of town of San Simón as Municipio recommended to the Legislature.
Recommendation for Onésimo Carniedo from Oaxaca and Tenango.
Jilotepec and Ixtlahuaca at peace; Cosío on way to Sierra de Querétaro.
General Cuéllar sent to pursue Plata and García in Las Cruces.
Letter of recommendation to Colonel Limón.
Political involvement of the bandit groups; surveillance over vagabonds; influence of gambling; supply of recruits for the Contingente de sangre; persistence of Santillán and his band.
Transmittal of letter from Javier Espinosa; Sotero Lozano reported near Temoaya and Cerros de Chicabazco with 80 men, pursued by Colonel Olivares; report of Germán to Jefe político de Actopan and Cruz; raid on Temoaya.
Captain Figueroa sent to guard road; withdrawal of Garduño; poor equipment of new soldiers; best horses sent to the Gendarmerie; danger of using poor horses: Escalona.
Order of Tesorería general for pay of Jefe político; pay received as Comandante de la 4a. línea de la Gendarmería.
Notice sent to Limón at Tenancingo; Muñoz wounded in fight with rebels at Ocuila[n].
Departure for Montes de Juchitepec; rebellion announced in Milpa Alta, led by Pedro Cruz of Tuyahualco (?); meeting at Monte de Acualalcingo (?); Guide Solís; dispersal of the band; Cruz wounded; Ranchero de Coatepec; Lieutenant Zavala attacked and wounded by Abraham Plata and Juan García; Hospital Militar de México; Comandante del Tercio de Texcoco; train robbed at Tepexpam station;
Lic. Víctor Pérez to attend Junta; absence in Coyoacán; Mejía; Zaldívar; Barajas; Herrera; Josefina; concern of Búlman and Zimbron for security of roads; Piña y Echeverría; Cornelio Prada; Espinosa, Diputado for Tlalnepantla, residence in Calle de la Canoa.
Uprising in Tetecala led by Gachupín Sotomayor; Bernal; Cayetano Varela; fine at Hacienda; Muñoz wounded; orders to Malinalco; Tenancingo; medical report; Vargas; Jefe político de Coatepec Harinas.
Departure of troops as ordered.
Departure from Zumpango; telegram from Ministerio; Colonel Cruz joined in search for Lozano; Colonel Olivares attacked; pursuit to Hacienda de Juan B. Casablanca; news of Santillán.
Whereabouts of Limón unknown; Alcalde de Malinalco; el Platanar.
Molina in Cuautitlán and Zumpango in search of Cruz; approval of Marín; Olivares defeated at Salitre de la Hacienda de Ulapa by Sotero Lozano; robbery of train at Tepespa (Tepexpan?); Temoaya; Lozano reported at San Pablo; Cruz at Casablanca with soldiers from Zumpango and Tlalnepantla; possible meeting with Bartolo Santillán; Barajas; road to Temoaya; meeting with Campos at Jalpa; Manuel; Monte Alto; Monte Viejo.
Medical reports on illness; Limón; visit from Carlos [Riva Palacio] and General Agustín Cruz.
Defeat of rebels at San Luis forwarded to Eulalio Núñez, Jefe político de Jilotepec.
Defeat of forces under Caudillo García de la Cadena; victory of Rocha; search for Sotomayor, Trujillo and other bandits; return to Tenancingo.
Recommendation for Ticó as new deputy, and his nephew Navarro.
Escort along road to Jajalpa; stagecoach stopped in Tacubaya for police search; removal of papers; arrest of coachman Santa Anna; effort to find Zimbrón and Riva; Mañón's letter to Berriozábal; Echeverría; Búlman; departure of Ticó; departure of Rivera Melo.
Peaceful conditions; vagabonds sent to military service; some recruits reported released; opposition of Zúñiga (?); request for leave for visit to Toluca.
Meeting of Trujillo and Sotomayor at El Platanar; pronunciamiento de Tetecala; troops from Zumpahuacán and Villa Guerrero; patrols in Coatepec and Tenancingo; Major Muñoz.
Receipt of draftees from El Valle; escort for Zimbrón and Búlman furnished by Escalona up to Jajalpam.
Recommendation for Manuel Bustinzar, earlier Prefect of Tlalnepantla under Martínez de la Concha.
Arrival of reinforcements under Captain Martínez; Tetecala; agreement with Jefe político.
Sotero Lozano reported at Actopan; Colonel Cruz at Zumpango and Casablanca; Colonel Olivares freed; Tercios de Gendarmería de Tlalnepantla sent to San Bartolo by Colonel Cruz, in pursuit of Santillán; misunderstanding about the budget; pay for night watchmen; departure of Cruz and Cuéllar toward Pachuca.
Recommendation for M. Ticó, Diputado to the State Legislature.
Rebels reported at Hacienda del Mayorazgo; theft of horses and guns and departure toward Temoaya; report from Mimiapam; Cañedo; Garduño; El Contadero; Escalona.
Implementation of Reglamento of October 22, 1868 for registration of all newcomers; Molina; General Cuéllar; Sotero Lozano; Gendarmerie; departure for Tlalnepantla in search of Santillán.
Escape of José María Olivares; good recommendations for Olivares from residents of Tecámac; efforts at recapture.
Pursuit of Plata; refusal of Administrador de rentas to pay couriers and scouts; Carlos; rebels reported at Pueblo Nuevo and Hacienda de San Joaquín.
Pursuit of Plata and Juan García planned with Cañedo; lack of cavalry; Escalona to cover Tacubaya and Lerma; Sotero Lozano; Noriega.
Delay in travel; pronunciamiento in Tacubaya.
Escalona to guard road to Lerma; escort of deputies.
Letter from Mañón y Valle; duties as deputy to the State Legislature accepted; son Juan. Pencil note: Berriozábal.
Help in question of $500 loaned to state in time of Martínez de la Concha acknowledged; lack of entry in the books of the Tesorería; unpaid bill to go to Sánchez.
Rumors of Sotomayor and uprising in combination with the Jefe político proved baseless; co-operation of authorities in Morelos and Guerrero States; uprising suspected in Palpa (?), near District of Tenancingo and Jalmolonga (?).
Growth of rebellious spirit in town; request for recommendation to Riva Palacio; position on Board of Education suggested; experience in educational work during the Empire; qualification for place in Secretaría de Justicia; experience with Escudero.
Santillán not found in Tlalnepantla or Cuautitlán; reported at Ixtlahuaca; Lozano's band in Hidalgo State and along boundaries with Mexico; lack of co-operation among officials, hacendados, and residents; defeat of Olivares; Cuéllar's meeting with Lozano's band between Tenguedó (?) and Tulancalco (?); withdrawal to Santiaguito; rebel refuge in mountains.
Reports of new rebel band formed in Morelos by Asencio Llanos and “un tal Fragoso”; el gachupín Sotomayor; appearance at Gunhilaque (Huchelaque?); band formed by Gachupín Trujillo in Guerrero to join rebels at Tetecala; return of Captain Martínez' troops; Ayudante Cayetano Varela; rebel plans to enter Malinalco or Tenancingo; Teotihuacán.
Dispersed rebels from Jalisco not likely to have joined A[b]raham Plata or Juan García.
Rebels called bandits; meeting of the Federal Legislature; Zamacona; Padre Montes; support of present government; plans for building
Troops left under command of Lieutenant Colonel Bernal; Maza; Captain Mijares; Ocuila[n]; concern over Sotomayor, Trujillo, and Novaron (?); danger from rebel troops from Tetecala, Huchilaque(?), and bands from Morelos; Muñoz; message from Jefe político de Coatepec.
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Plata's raid on El Oro, Temascalcingo, Hacienda de la Huerta, Tepetongo, and Tapasco.
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Complaints against Lic. López Romanos (?); desire of Governor Leyva of Morelos to replace him by Lic. Licea (Lires?) of the District of Morelos; Corte de Justicia; request for copy of Código civil prepared by Lic. Alas and Ruano.
Surrender of horse sought by Mendieta; refusal of Limón; illness of Muñoz; ammunition needed; Millán; Bernal's meeting with rebels at Chalma; loss of Esteban Rodríguez.
Reimbursement for expenses in pursuit of Romo; report from El Oro.
Fight with rebels at Agua Bendita; losses; troops needed at Tonatico, Palpa, and Jalinalonga; Bernal; Captain Martínez.
Request for position; service in office of Contribuciones directas de México; appointment as escribiente; Administración de Rentas de Ixmiquilpan with Manuel María Arévalo; same place in Tenango del Valle; appointment to Ramo de contribuciones Directas; service in Tenango del Valle; appointed Administrador de Rentas in Tetecala by José María Martínez de la Concha; erection of new state of Morelos; work in Sección de Contaduría; Silviano Pavón returned to Tenango del Valle; records in Archivo de la Secretaría.
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Writings in
Departure of Captain Martínez; visit to Coatepec Harinas; Bernal to remain; need for horses.
Receipt of pay; Castañeda; defeat of García de la Cadena; Circular of August 17, 1868 for arming of towns and haciendas; recruits sent to Comandancia Militar.
Request for leave; Ficó; leave request based on mother's fears of political trouble and of bandits; need to remain at post; Agustín Cortés; Chalco District.
Withdrawal of enemy to Actopan after fight with Cuéllar; Cuerpo de Rifleros; withdrawal to Tenguedó; lack of co-operation among officials of Tlalnepantla and Cuautitlán; Santillán.
Report from Administrador de la Hacienda de Ometusco that 800 men entered Pachuca.
Report from Dionisio Izquierdo of Coatepec recommended; change in Jefe político recommended; pursuit of Trujillo.
Federal troops needed; letter to Sra. Muñoz; illness of Muñoz.
Arrival from Chalco and Texcoco; peacefulness at the fair at Ameca; Hacienda de Solís and railroad robbed by Sotero Lozano; withdrawal to Hidalgo; liver ailment; need for cáustico; uniforms needed by Gendarmerie.
Entry of Lozano, Noriega, Domínguez, and Islas in Pachuca.
Pachuca entered by 32 men; flight of garrison; release of prisoners; withdrawal toward Mezquital.
Withdrawal of ex-General Chavarría to Chalco; pursuit of Aragón; details of pursuit published in Periódico Oficial.
Arrest of Ignacio Aguirre; relations with Sotero Lozano suspected; telegram from Ministerio de la Guerra for Nolasco Cruz, Cuéllar, Lieutenant Colonel Manuel González, and Lieutenant Colonel Pablo Rocha of attack on Pachuca; Mejía; Noriega, Lozano, Islas, and Domínguez in Pachuca.
Ignacio Aguirre sentenced to death; amnesty claimed by defense; Supremo circular of the Ministerio de Justicia, August 9, 1869; rebels reported at Mezquital; calmness in Zumpango reported by Cruz; attack on Lozano at El Sauz by Cuéllar and Manuel González; horses and weapons taken.
Rebels reported at Temoaya and nearby haciendas; $300 requested by Paulino Noriega at Finca Germán; rebels reported at San Agustín, near Pachuca; Pachuca prison emptied; Tula attacked by Sotero Lozano; Cuéllar; defeat at Tlahu[e]lipa by Colonel González; Germán; Barajas; Actopan abandoned by Jefe político and Administrador de Rentas; fear of rebels.
Instalation of new Congress; disagreement over credentials; deputies from Jilotepec and Zumpango; speeches by Riva Palacio and President of the Legislature; presentation of budget; deed for clarifying the debt of the state; value of paper money; Sánchez recommended by Juan Francisco, from Ozumba to attend the Instituto; Barajitos.
Protection offered by Major Vargas in Tonatico; origin of rebels in Tetecala and Tenancingo; co-operation with Limón.
Insecurity of mails; report of inspection of Tesorería; travel of Lic. José Zubieta, Juez de Letras, to the capital; pursuit of Santillán by Cruz; withdrawal toward Hacienda de la Gavia and Morelos; General Gálvez in area used by Marcial Sánchez, Juan García; dissatisfaction with financial report; support of Legislature for Riva Palacio.
Defeat of band under Plata; pursuit toward Las Cruces; lack of ammunition; Captain Martínez; Ixtlahuaca; Manuelita; need for road guards with ammunition.
Death of Miguel (Muñoz?); transmittal of message from Coatepec; garrison needed at Malinalco; Bernal; need for ammunition; Lieutenant Tenorio. Includes inclosure:
Report by Dionisio Izquierdo on Coatepec Harinas; victory of Cañedo.
Ammunition delivered to Cañedo; danger to town from Plata; Antonio Mancilla recommended for head of the Gendarmerie in the district.
Suggestion for changing pay for deputies; lawyers in Legislature to be discouraged; disagreement with restrictions on the
Document found, useful to Carlos; notice from Administrador de Contribuciones in Tlalnepantla to pay tax on Rancho de Santa Cruz; new decision of Supremo Gobierno; order of Dirección General exempting Rancho de Santa Cruz, San José; tax paid to collectors in Tacubaya; memorial sent via Rivera Melo; request for delay in order.
Victory at Embajomuí; troops taken to Hacienda del Mayorazgo to rest; area searched by Auxiliar from Pueblo Nuevo; prisoners and horses taken; capture of ammunition and cartridge equipment; Cerro del Membrillal; prisoners found by Auxiliar de Tapasco; withdrawal toward Venta del Aire; report awaited from Presidente municipal de Temascalcingo; Las Cruces; personeel from A[n]gangueo and Tlalpujahua, led by Pascual Valdés and Juan Pliego; meeting at Hacienda del Jacal (near A[n]gangueo); poor marksmanship of rebels; life of prisoner left up to Riva Palacio; Escalona to take up chase around Cerro de la Campana, the road to El Mayorazgo, and Hacienda de Nigini; Limón to cover Palpa, Tonatico, Villa Guerrero, and Coatepec; advice from Deputy García; experience with General Morelos and with General Riva Palacio; Pagador Ocampo; ammunition for Sharpe rifles; pay requested from Administrador de Rentas; apparent withdrawal of rebels to Querétaro.
Withdrawal of Plata to Puerto de Medina and Tepetongo, Michoacán.
Suggested change in positions declined; letter to Governor of Morelos; meeting with Iglesias; station at Tepexpa[n] robbed by Paulino Noriega; arrival of Cuéllar with infantry; Noriega at Rancho de Maldonado, near Tepetla[o]xtoc; Lic. Zúñiga attacked in the press; travel to Mexico by water to meet Iglesias.
Arrival of enemy at El Oro and Agangueo in Michoacán; news from Tlalpujahua; plan to cross La Asunción, Malacatepec, and Volcán de Toluca and meet Sotomayor at Las Cruces; possible route via Temascalcingo and Acambay; robberies at Puerto de Medina; escape routes to Michoacán and Querétaro.
Bandido Lozano y Fabregat reported at Hacienda de la Labor, near Zumpango; report by Cruz delayed by telegraph; troops from Cuautitlán awaited; Lozano reported at San Miguel; alarm sounded; encounter at house of Primitivo Cadena; refuge in house of Marín; departure of band toward Cuamatla [San Pedro] and Tepozotlán; $100 taken from Pedro Felipe Quesada; $40 taken from Aduana; loss of horses; troops requested of Ministro de la Guerra; Marín Quesadas; band at Cuautitlán placed at 150; town criticized by Berriozábal for not defending itself; Ignacio Aguirre and other prisoners freed by Lozano.
Train robbed at Tepexpa[n]; reinforcements awaited.
Aid to Cañedo on the 10th; request for weapons and ammunition.
Raid on Cuautitlán; Ignacio Aguirre and Atanacio Vargas released from prison by Lozano; money taken from Administrador de Rentas; horses and guns taken at Haciendas Cuamatla and San Miguel; escape from Jalpa; withdrawal to Tepeji; road to Mezquital endangered; Germán's family left at Huehuetoca; survey of haciendas.
Return to Cuautitlán to raise new troops; need for more infantry; limitations of cavalry; request for aid of Captain Jesús Monroy of the Guardia Nacional and Lieutenant Justo Arriaga; troops furnished by the Ministerio.
General Leyva and Ministro de la Guerra's request for arrest of Feliciano Chavarría; search in Chalco, Ozumba, and Ameca; disappearance of Hipólito Franco, companion of Pablo Sánchez of Ozumba.
Telegram from Ministerio de Guerra; Isidro Montiel; explanation by General Mejía; friendship reaffirmed.
Instructions to Jefe político de Cuautitlán; untrained troops in each district not recommended; garrison set up; cavalry needed to pursue bands.
Peacefulness of district; protection of gendarmerie; horse-shoeing needed.
Pursuit of rebels at Zacualpam.
Resignation submitted; meeting with Ministro Iglesias; relations with Leyva.
Delay in return; unfinished business; description of fire near the Plaza; removal of powder from the Palacio; Vicente; Poncho; Lupe; Josefina.
Recruits added to Gendarmerie under Nicolás Cañedo; arms furnished by the haciendas; ammunition and rifles requested of the Ministro de la Guerra; plans for defense of city; danger from Lozano and Noriega.
Organization of infantry force; notice from Jefe político de Otumba; prison guard; use of Campbell carbines; defenses of Chalco and Tlalmanalco; brother's defeat of Plata; pursuit of Noriega and Lozano by Federal forces.
Need for district guards; bands from Hidalgo State feared; leadership of Lozano and Noriega; meeting with Jefe político de Cuautitlán; defense of Tlalnepantla and Zumpango; law of August 17, 1868.
Plan for eliminating bandits; co-operation of the haciendas; Cuéllar sent with the Legión del Norte to pursue Paulino Noriega and Los Fabregat; encounter at Apulco, near Zinguilucan [Singuilucan]; defeat of rebels; prisoners; Sotero Lozano pursued by Ceballos; encounter at Hacienda de Ulapa; troops from Cuautitlán, Coamatla (Cuamatla), and Tepozotlán; pursuit by Villagrán's cavalry; “Rifleros” with Nolasco Cruz in Zumpango and with Kampfner in Tepeji; 1,000 soldiers engaged; danger of regrouping of fugitives; indifference of the population; increase in gendarmerie under Cañedo; progress of Escobedo in Michoacán and of General Rocha in Zacatecas.
Request of Abraham Plata for amnesty; approval of Governor of Mexico suggested.
Approach of rebels rumored; decision to remain in office.
Request of Abraham Plata for amnesty suspected as plot; meeting with Presidente in Junta de Ministros; Cañedo; exemption from death penalty promised for surrender.
Replacement of the Jefe político by the Presidente Municipal recommended;
Juez de Letras considered a
Rebels reported in Tejupilco, Sultepec, and Texcaltitlán; need for weapons and troops.
Arrangements with Jefe político for defense of the town; meeting of Junta with the priest, Francisco Puga, José María Segura, Eugenio Sánchez, and Jesús Estrada; departure for Almoloya, uprising reported.
Conspiracy suspected; plan to empty jail, seize arms, and join rebels; local soldiers not trusted; request for troops under Limón.
Interview with Plata, García, and others; request for amnesty; appeal to governor.
Agreement with Cañedo to surrender at Almoloya; protection of Governor and Vicente Riva Palacio requested.
Agreement with Plata at La Venta del Aire for surrender at discretion; future arrangements with Gobierno General; leniency of government regretted; surrender of Plata, García, Santillán; Pérez Gómez; rebels at San Felipe and Ayala; meeting arranged at Almoloya; invitation to address the Ayuntamiento; Castañeda.
Dissension in town reduced; opposition led by Julián Pagaza and Inocente García; service of lawyer, ex-deputy, acquired; surrender of Trinidad Pagaza and José María Núñez; congratulations on surrender of Plata and García.
Receipt of ammunition; fine suspended against Hacienda de Jalmolonga; Limón; surrender of Plata and García; amnesty granted Luis Nápoles and his band.
Letter of Cruz from Cuautitlán on raising troops; danger from Santillán and attack on Pachuca; local precautions; Guardia Nacional.
Lozano's attack on Alfajayucan; Cruz; Huehuetoca; defense by Colonel Villagrán; withdrawal to Tetepango; Noriega at Temoaya; Ceballos to stay in Ixmiquilpan and Kampgner in Zimapán; Pachuca; Gendarmerie aided by hacendados; pay of troops from the Aduana; Tranquilino Salgado appointed treasurer; amnesty for Abraham Plata; same suggested for Lozano and Noriega; preparation of defense.
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Lozano reported in Tlahuililpa and Noriega in Ulapa; visit to Huehuetoca; defenses at Cuautitlán; federal troops needed; Hacienda de Casablanca suggested as place for garrison.
Arrival from Almoloya; departure for El Valle; departure of Jefe político for O[t]zoloapan Municipalidad; rebel attack at Tejupilco and Sultepec composed of rejected draftees from Temascaltepec and Almoloya.
Suspension of recruiting in Valle de México; preparations for defense; Noriega and Lozano pursued by Cruz and the Gobierno general; circular of Martínez de la Concha in force, surrender of Abraham Plata.
Damage in Parangueo by bandits led by Bravo; Francisco Salgado; Sr. Garma; competing suits for land at Cuamatla; Berriozábal and Luis Carballeda; Lic. Córdoba; Vizcarra; Arroyo; efforts to buy the hacienda; Lic. Martínez; Nicolás.
Surrender of Silviano Gómez and Sóstenes Vega with their band to Lieutenant Colonel Villagrán at Huichapan; reinforcements at Tula; pursuit of Sotero and Paulino at Hacienda de Demingó (Dominghú?); defeat of Noriega at Apulco by Cuéllar; Lozano discouraged; troops raised under authority of Circular No. 32.
News of Arce at Zac[ual]pam; trip to Valle postponed; arrangements for amnesty of Luis Nápoles, companion of Sotomayor; Coatepec.
Recruiting suspended; payment for ammunition; surrender of Plata; Noriega; Lozano.
Suspension of recruiting; danger from Noriega; agreement of hacendados to furnish horses and guns.
Recruiting suspended; Cañedo; help requested by Jefe político de Xochimilco along edge of Chalco; pursuit of rebels in Montes de Milpa Alta, led by Octaviano del Valle; help requested from Ameca, Ozumba, Tepetlixpa, and Tlalmanalco; gendarmerie and
Protest agaisnt journey of Governor to Zacualpan on behalf of bandits; dangers involved; town abandoned on approach of bandits.
Payment of troops under Colonel Cruz; recruiting of local troops; Circular 32 of August 17, 1868; exit of Santillán; surrender of Plata.
Warning system to show approach of bandits; Meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Garduño; Escalona; notice to Presidentes municipales.
Letter forwarded to Limón in Almoloya; attempt of Arce and Quesada against Zacualpan frustrated by Limón, Bernal, García; withdrawal toward Pilcaya; rebels' source of supplies in Guerrero.
Candidacy of Valentín; León Guzman's preference for Gabino Garduño; possible re-election of Navarro.
Cañedo's resignation from Gendarmerie; request for aid in finding replacement; salary of $2,000.
Failure to arrange amnesty for Plata or García; delay of Bernal; headquarters of Arce and Sotomayor set up in Zacualpam; needs of troops.
Abraham Plata's band reported at Almoloya by Ramón Hidalgo.
Letter from Ignacio Mañón; surrender of Plata; arrangements with Mejía for surrender of arms and escort to Mexico.
Arrangements with Lerdo and the President for surrender of Plata; Ignacio Mañón; separation of leaders; pay for rations.
Encounter with Epifanio Portillo at Ocoxusco (?) and in Morelos; success of gendarmerie; remnants reported with Octaviano Valle; troops organized at Tlalmanalco.
Surrender of Abraham Plata; use of troops at Zinapécuaro, threatened by bands; departure for Mexico.
Acknowledgement of error in documents from Arce delivered to Colonel Limón; position as Receptor; appointment as Comandante de la plaza; verification requested.
Losses caused by Noriega and Lozano in San Antonio, Texcoco District, in horses and silver; return for more money; administrador criticized; Tomás Salgado recommended; support of Campero; troops requested; loan made necessary by raids; Pedro; Eulalio; debt under will of Cueva.
Pursuit of rebels hampered by bad terrain at San Pablo, Santa Lucía, and Aldama; Tenancingo guarded; Major Ortega.
District of Chalco attacked by Paulino Noriega; departure of Berriozábal for Cuamatla; horses and money taken from Hacienda de la Compañía; attack on Tlalmanalco; withdrawal of Juan Francisco to Ameca; Cuéllar to move from Otumba to pursue bandits.
Arrangements for moving Plata to Mexico; troops of General Escobedo not promised.
Letter for Barajas; incident involving stagecoaches on road to Jajalpa; fire of bandits returned; arrival of second coach with Cañedo's soldiers; arrival of General Escobedo with escort; Monte de las Cruces.
Lozano and Noriega located at Molino de Guadalupe and at Tlalmanalco; cavalry sent to Otumba.
Entry of Noriega, Lozano, and Santa Anna; withdrawal because of lack of ammunition; messages from Río Frío on size of force exaggerated; withdrawal of Gendarmerie and
The incident in Chalco; arrival of Cañedo; ammunition requested from Mejía; rebels reported in Ameca with increase in strength.
Movement of Noriega through Ajusco to Monte de las Cruces doubted; infantry in Chalco and cavalry in District of Tlalpam under Carrión; approach of Cuéllar to Ameca; return to Hidalgo via Nanacamilpa.
Movement to Tonatico and Ixtapan on order of Cañedo; Cañedo in Zacualpam; end of recruiting campaign; effort of his enemies to discredit his work.
Amnesty of Plata; danger from Arce, Trujillo, Roverón, and Quesada; bandit sources in Guerrero and District of Aldama; departure from Temascaltepec for Tenancingo; Jefe político of Coatepec.
Reinforcements in Chalco; rebels in Ameca; withdrawal toward Tierra Caliente or Milpa Alta.
Study of new proposal of Miguel Cruz with aid of Méndez; delay in returning.
Escort sent under orders of C[aptain] Martín Lechuga and Alférez Anselmo Caballero.
Promise to send copy of budget when printed; decision of committee to provide funds for the Estado mayor of the President; Zamacona; Poder Ejecutivo; funds reduced for Tribunales de circuito and salaries of some Promotores; funds for Europe and America put together in Foreign Relations; funds for Veracruz and Jalisco; Seguridad Pública; funds for mails; encouragement of stamps instead of sealed paper; federal service to be unified; minor changes in Ministerio de Justicia; public instruction; scholarships in Colegio militar reduced; Escuelas prácticas de artillería; Colegio naútico postponed; size of army reduced 600; Jefaturas de hacienda joined to Administradores de papel sellado; funds for public debt; construction at Laguna Seca; amortization of Carbajal bonds; total: $15 million; amendment offered to pay all salaries without preference.
Arrival of prisoners; Juan García brought by Garduño separately, left to continue journey; Crescencio Fragoso sent to Tlalnepantla; policy toward band of Abraham Plata; escape of Domínguez and Franco at Jacala; their recapture; advice to Villagrán; discrepancy in lists; Escalón.
Recommendation of Castañeda for leniency toward Plata and his men; recommendation that they not be released; Carlos; Cuamatla; examination of the hacienda for possible divisions; meeting of Robert with Rivera Melo; return of Terreros; investigation suggested of action of the garrison during attack on Chalco by Noriega; ammunition sent; minor trouble on La Asunción.
Inventory; loan to Carlos; coaches sent to Paso del Macho; trip of Parada and Campos y Zamora with letters from the Governor and the President for General Alatorre; P. Garay; Agustín; guard on road; Terreros; coaches at Buenavista station; Martínez de la Torre; J. Ignacio; José Rincon's travel to Puebla; servants from Jalpa and Tepotzotlán; Plácida la recamarera; letters from Escudero, Escalante, Barreiro, and Tavera; Srita. Sánchez; Garrido; Payno.
Rebel attack on Tlalmanalco; shortage of ammunition; warning by Alcalde de Río Frío; Juan Francisco; approach of Noriega; aid from Ameca, Tenango, Temamatla, and Ayotzingo; message from Ulibarri; guards on prisoners; withdrawal from town.
Election results in Zumpango; election of Manuel Terreros, with Lic. Francisco Estévez substitute; local celebration; recovery from illness after bleeding and a
Lists of prisoners checked with Mejía; new plan for Plata and his band criticized; Riva Palacio's withdrawal from office opposed; criticism by Santa Anna in 1833 recalled.
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Employees at Zimapán; payment of old debt of State of Mexico; appeal to Pachuca; Refugito.
Certificate of election of Manuel Terreros; certificate for Francisco Estévez from Colegio electoral.
Election at Zumpango reported to Sánchez Solís; complete freedom in election; activity of Colonel Cruz; need for popular participation in case of danger; refusal by Justo, Miguel Morales, Agapito Morales, Reyes Herrera, José María Jiménez, and Jesús Ortega to participate; imprisonment of these; meeting of Consejo to consider their case; Juez de Letras; intercesion by Marín and Dosamantes; prisoners freed on bond.
Plan to raise small force of Guardia Nacional; apathy of residents; example set in Tlalmanalco; bands of Lozano and Noriega; bands from Tlaxcala; threat to eastern part of district; receipt of ammunition and guns; Cañedo in Tlalmanalco; surrender of Plata; decrease in payments by Administrador de Rentas on order of the Tesorería.
Measures taken to look for refugee from Plata's band; request for replacement.
Concern of Governor for chiefs of rebel band shown in letter to Berriozábal; trial unavoidable; bands of Sotero Lozano and Paulino Noriega defeated by General Leyva at Cruz del Marqués on road to Cuernavaca; pursuit by Carrión and Escalona in area of Capulín and Jalatlaco; inconvenience of federal troops; adequate defense needed.
Meeting with Mejía on welfare of prisoners; comparison with similar case of Rosario Flores; appointment of Jurado de Calificación; repulse of Noriega and Lozano at Milpa Alta; withdrawal to Santiago Tianguistengo; defeat at La Guarda; pursuit by Legión del Norte, Cuéllar's cavalry, and by Carrión, Prefecto de Tlalpam.
List of expenses prepared by Jefe político de Coatepec; illness; movements of Bernal; Hacienda de Jalmolonga suspected of aiding rebels; danger of armed resistance.
Rebels reported by Receptor de Rentas de Tlalmanalco to be in Cuautlinchan (San Miguel Coatlinchan?) (Cuautinchán?), Texcoco District; Sheridan; pay reduced by Administrador de rentas; Mariscal de la línea; orders of T'esorería General; Reglamento de Gendarmería.
Arrival without incident.
Search for escapees by scouts and
Appreciation for past work; meeting anticipated.
Francisco Limón in Tenancingo; command relinquished to the Presidente Municipal; replacement by Zacarías Díaz, Comandante and Jefe de Seguridad Pública; rebels reported in Llano del Despoblado, collecting toll.
Meeting of merchants and leaders; need for self protection; small force organized, paid locally.
Band led by Rodríguez en route to Tolcayuca; pursuit into Hidalgo; pursuit by Villagrán in Tula District; prisoners executed; pursuit of Santillán with aid of Molina and Verdiguel; Domínguez and Paulino executed in Jacala.
Meeting called by Molina as Jefe Político; need for universal resistance to bandits; opposition of José María Jiménez; imprisonment of dissenters; leniency requested by writer and Dosamantes; release of prisoners.
Plan to offer amnesty to Santillán fails; arrest ordered; Aguirre de la Barrera to defend Plata; aid of Julián Montiel not definite; Carlos; Rivera Melo suggested to defend others; leniency planned by Government; errors by Miguel in writing; execution of Noriega.
Rivera Melo invited as defender; meeting of Aguirre with Plata at Santiago; La Asunción; Santillán executed by Gendarmerie; peace in Tlalnepantla and Cuautitlán; Barreiro.
Arrival of messengers from Sotomayor, seeking amnesty; report from Comandante Vargas of quarrel among rebels at Tonatico; arrival of individuals seeking amnesty.
Approval of surrender of Pascual Valdés on same terms as Abraham Plata; towns warned to resist attacks; warning against aiding rebels.
Death of Santillán and Bernardo Valle; Colonel Cruz; improvement of local garrison; difficulty of administration when district was part of Zumpango; difficulties of predecessors with personal animosities; opposition of José María Jiménez, a barber and ex-secretary of Tultitlán; request for leave to move family. Includes copy of article sent by Jiménez to be published:
Bartolo Santillán captured by the Gendarmerie; capture and execution of Noriega and “General” Santa Anna; execution of 12; receipt of circular; peace in Coatepec and Almoloya; capture and execution of Vicente Macedo.
Approval of governor's policy; collection of recruits for cavalry; Pascual Valdez reported ill but ready to surrender; articles by Diputados Trinidad García and García de la Cadena in the Diario del Gobierno.
Report delayed of capture of Santillán; Circular 12 to be implemented.
Agreement on usefulness of the Senate; discussion among deputies of reforms supported by state legislatures.
Orders for gathering of recruits; destruction of band of Plata; meeting of Junta.
Request for amnesty; 5-year service against the Empire; offer made by Colonel Limón to allow retirement into private life; pronunciamiento explained as reaction against failure of government to keep promises made by General Díaz for services against the Empire.
Surrender of Cástulo Sotomayor; terms of amnesty discussed earlier; meeting with governor suggested; Gobierno General not to be notified; inadvisability of his leaving the state; reduction of local troops; delivery of money for a merchant.
Concern for security of residents of Tepetlaoxtoc; capture by bandits, taken to Cerro de la[s] Lajas (?); hill named Cuagio (?); Cerro Gordo, District of Otumba; $20,000 ransom asked on pain of torture and death; escape to Santo Domingo; aid of Rafael Álvarez and Cura de Axapusco; journey finished by train; accomplices of Guillermo Beltrán; report to Jefatura política de Texcoco; danger to Tomás Espinosa; law enforcement needed. Signed: Cura propio de Tezontepec.
$300 spent on repair of bridge at Chalchihuapan [Ixtlahuaca District]; aid of Jesús Rosales; bridge of Santa Ana, road to Tecualoya [near Toluca]; construction of market on the plaza; Francisco Limón; road construction to Ixtla by volunteer work; request for funds from the Ministro de Fomento; construction of road to Ixtapan; road closed by Comandante militar José María García in past; plans by José María Monroy and Estanislao Oscoz (Oscox?).
Suffering from bandits at Parangueo reported by Francisco Salgado; payments authorized by Castillo; difficulty of sending money to Irapuato or Guanajuato; Parangueo reported held by Bravo; pursuit by Colonel Franco; Botija; use of corn from Cuamatla; interview with Nicolás and Governor needed; reduction in pay asked; hacienda examined by Berriozábal; plan for dividing the area; examination by Eugenio Barreiro; price of sections to be set by Martínez.
Junta of leading residents held to prepare for local defenses; assault on Silvestre Juárez at Ozumba; permission requested to sell horses taken from robbers, using proceeds to repay Berriozábal for horses given to Gendarmerie; horses taken to Texcoco.
Arrangements with Ayuntamiento for construction of old road to Ixtapan crossing Municipalidad de Villa Guerrero; protest received from José María García. Protest transmitted:
Trap set for Santillán successful; request for pay for aides in the plan; Gendarmerie's horse lost; uniforms for gendarmerie; pursuit of bandit Juan Rivera; turned over for trial; irregularities in municipal accounts; accounting needed.
Wagons robbed at Barranca de Juárez (?), Puebla-Mexico road near Río Frío; robbers from Distrito de Huejotzingo, Puebla; pursuit by residents and by Gendarmerie under Major Rafael Funes; prisoners sent for trial under Law of April 13, 1869; question about legality of law of Congreso General, not published officially; request of Casimiro Munguía for custody of registry of the Juez primero under Law of April 30, 1861; loss of books previously; Lic. Barrios.
Incident in Malinalco; report from Coatepec Harinas, criticizing conduct of Rafael Izquierdo; refusal to co-operate with Jefe político; bad example set by Jalmolonga, followed by Malinalco; danger from Jefe Político de Tetecala; band reported led by Eduardo Arze.
Surrender and imprisonment; message delivered to General Lorenzo Vega, Mayor de la Plaza; Captain José María Acosta; Contreras; request for better treatment.
Request for appointment as Jefe político in Cuautitlán; service in Guardia Nacional and at Cuautitlán; Administrador de Contribuciones Directas in Tenancingo; refusal to serve under General Santa Anna; Simón Guzmán.
Surrender of Sotomayor to Colonel Limón; refusal to allow special treatment.
Defense of request for reward to assistants in trapping Santillán; plan to present them with an English pistol each; meeting called under Circular 12.
Abduction of Cura Espinosa in Tepetlaoxtoc; Sheridan; report received in Chalco; escort to Xometla; journey continued by train; story of priest doubted; complaints against hacendados in Texcoco and Otumba; defense by Tablada; wagons robbed on Puebla road at Barranca de Juanes; capture of prisoners; band of Octaviano Valle dissolved.
Agreement of State Legislature for the creation of a Senate; aid to the federal system; agreement of most other Governors; favorable majority in Legislature.
Band of bandits reported at Acupilco (Acopilco?) or Tianguistenco by Levya; earlier at Jalatlaco; Muñoz en route to Jalmolonga; Limón.
Coyotepec incident; delays for interviews with Cayetano Gómez y Pérez and Isidro Montiel; interpretation of writing.
Invitation to join company in May, accompanied by Montiel and by Anza; support in plan to drain La Laguna; new project of public works; Plata.
Comandante M. Muñoz; theft of mules; guards at Ocuila[n]; the Coatepec incident; letter from Lerdo, refusing request; treatment of Sotomayor; influence of Cortina suggested.
Local security force raised under Circular 12; fine for residents not attending junta; recruits requested by Ministro de la Guerra; effort of family of Albino Casales to obtain his return; service as servant to Ignacio Urdaurrazaga (Vidaurrazaga?); funds needed to continue telegraph office at Buenavista.
Recommendation to Gómez Flores, en route to Zacualpam; Bernal sent to Malinalco; departure for Coatepec and Zacualpam; inauguration of work on drainage of La Laguna de Lerma.
Documents published in Periódico oficial; opinion requested on whether State Constitution of Morelos has been violated; opinion requested on propriety of Article 63 of proposed new constitution; bands led by Arce and Aragón in south of Puebla, rarely reaching Jonacatepec.
Meeting of junta for preparation of local defenses; message from Alcalde de Milpa Alta and Jefe político de Xochimilco, requesting aid at La Lagunilla, Paraje del Monte de Juchitepec; refuge of Octaviano Valle; Alcalde of Ayotzingo and Alcalde de Juchitepec sent to patrol area; Cañedo; withdrawal of Gendarmerie to Toluca; repayment to Berriozábal for horses; attempted abduction in Ozumba; limitations on official powers; powers questioned by Felipe Méndez; question of powers to handle case of Protestants occupying a chapel at Chimal [Texcoco District]; reforms needed in Juzgados de Letras; opposition to Indian land claims.
Incident in Tepetlaoztoc; Pachuca requested to send children of Toribio Espinosa, residents in Tezontepec; abduction of Espinosa; incident blamed on enmity caused by land dispute; acknowledgement of kind treatment by Governor; telegraph at Tepexpan; Cruz.
Cejudo at San Bartolomé Otzolotepec; preparations for active defense made; orders to Escalona and Muñiz; Garduño; Cejudo's journey to Toluca.
Bravo reported in Mexico State; General Juan N. Cortina sent to pursue him; recommendation for Cortina.
Financial difficulties; income from Santa Inés; support of Lic. Prado; Lic. Mariano Contreras, Juez de Letras in Morelos discharged by Leyva; recommended for position in Mexico State.
Accusation against the Executivo; calling of Gran Jurado by the Congreso del Estado; accusations against public officials; legality of Law of March 24, 1813 by Cortes Españolas when Guerrero was part of State of Mexico; inadequacy of archives.
Appointment of committee to study the Calpulalpam problem; transfer of the problem with the land to State of Tlaxcala, opposition to proposals.
Pursuit of Cabecilla Esteban Bravo by General Cortina in Jilotepec and Soyaniquilpan; possible search in Cuautitlán and Tepeji; Tesorería questioned on pay for Wueis (Weis?); approval by Ministro de Hacienda.
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Suit of Ignacio Reyes against government for value of
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Bravo reported at La Soledad and El Casadero (?); pursuit by General Régules and Lieutenant Colonel Villagrán; advance of General Cortina; Lic. Valentín Gómez Tagle to replace Riva Palacio during leave period.
Defeat of Eulalio Núñez by Bravo; execution of residents in Jilotepec; Rafael Espinosa of Tula killed; approach of General Juan N. Cortina; Villagrán and General Régules at Tula and Arroyozarco; Querétaro stagecoach robbed at La Soledad; arrival of band at Ranchería de Santa Gertrudis, part of Hacienda de La Concepción, reported by Presidente municipal de Tepotzotlán; route to Nopala and Mezquital; troops requested from Cruz; defense of Zumpango and Tlalnepantla; Santillán; Tepeji.
Return to Mexico delayed by Bravo's invasion; defeat of federals at Jilotepec with heavy loss; death of Guadalupe Butrón; disappearance toward Mezquital.
Incident caused by Protestants in Chimal in use of a chapel for religious services; officials criticized by Padre Villagelin in meetings at Amecameca and Ozumba; large number of participants; slowness of civil process; members from Atlautla; Chávez.
Appointment as honorary member; purpose to improve arts, develop national industry, improve conditions of the working class, and help country with education and morality.
Recruits requested by Ministro de la Guerra General Mejía for service in corps of “Supremos Poderes”; possible use of vagabonds; General Cortina at Soyaniquilpan and Hacienda de Guapango (Huapango); bandits at Tequisquiapan.
Meeting of Junta Directiva del Desagüe; report on activities; Saluda; López; administrative changes needed; Puente de San Bartolo; Puente de Pate; property of Doña Rosa y Peralta; Síndico de Lerma; collection of tolls; Cejudo.
Notice of election of Riva Palacio by the Junta Directiva as honorary member. Transmittal of form. Signature line: Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad.
Appearance of Octaviano Valle and Manuel Villa at La Calavera on boundary of Morelos and Chalco districts; alarm sent to Ozumba, Tepetlixpa, and Juchitepec; disposal of property taken from bandits; horses supplied by Berriozábal for Gendarmerie; plan to send resignation to substitute governor; need for change in organization of the district; prison at Chalco; rainy season to begin.
Problem of the Protestants; Reform Laws; effort to avoid religious controversy; complaint by Cura de Chimal to Alcalde de Ozumba; a
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Beginning of 4-month leave authorized by the Legislature of State of Mexico. Signature line: Independencia y Libertad.
Lic. Valentín Gómez y Tagle to replace Riva Palacio during 4-month leave period.
Employment by “República de Cuba” to purchase arms and ships and contract for men from the United States and Mexico; request for advice on raising expedition for the Ejército Libertador.
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Charges against Nicolás Rodríguez; his involvement in unrest at Ozumba; favoritism charged against Jefe político of Tlalmanalco.
Payno's history to be sent to the districts; delivery of uniforms by Henkel; Lerdo's approval of request by Limón; artillery supported by General [Vicente?] Riva Palacio; amusement of Juárez and Mejía; books by García Cubas examined by Profesor de Geografía at the Institute for possible adoption; request for copy of commerical book by Pardo; return by Berriozábal; Nacho; correction of the map of the State postponed until after wet season; Iglesias; delay in receiving reports on Plata; opening of Hotel del S. Guiloss[]. Valdez' work on the palacio building; Calle de la Concordia; purchase of construction material; casas consistoriales demolished; military expenses for Lerma, Tenango, Ixtlahuaca, and Jilotepec; prison guards; permanent garrison for Palpa agreed on by Governor of Morelos; Limón; success of Bernal at Puente de Jalmolonga; death of Trujillo; Cabecilla Martínez wounded; meeting with Cejudo; Garduño to be Jefe de Lerma and Tenango; state help to families victimized by Bravo distributed by Diputado Enríquez in Jilotepec; action at Rancho del Rosal; meeting of Junta del desagüe; drainage work to begin; fountain removed by Valdez from Colegio de niños, to be placed in the Plazuela; Joaquín.
Report of Jesús Villagómez and Ignacio Vega of the band of Esteban Bravo reported at Venta de Calderas, Municipalidad de Acambay; San Andrés Timilpan; capture and execution of prisoners; execution of Agustín Sánchez, arrested by Miguel Victoria; Law of April 9, 1869; bodies displayed on public highway near Soyaniquilpan; troops requested for Jilotepec.
Protest channels violated in effort of Administrador de Rentas to influence Presidente del Ayuntamiento to employ José Marroquín as secretary.
Request for help.
Delays in obtaining easements from owners for the canal; committee appointed to deal with Icaza, owner of Hacienda de Buenavista. Includes unsigned draft of reply stating that Icaza has agreed to let the work continue; dated May 26, 1870, addressed to Manuel Gómez.
Companions reported sentenced to one year in Campeche without declaration; prisoners in Belén; request for speedy trial.
Dissatisfaction with position offered in the Sección de Guerra or as Jefe político; inadequate salaries; request for aid in finding position in Mexico; experience as Jefe de oficina; secretario de Generales en Jefe; Supremo Tribunal de la Guerra.
Agustín González Fuentes; project for railroad to Mexico; efforts to find shareholders.
Sentencing of Guillermo Moral; publication in papers; orders given in Soyaniquilpan to obtain arms in Jilotepec.
Support of substitute governor; local finances of government; Toluca.
Isidoro de la Torre; explanation for slowness of the work of drainage; Salceda; representation by Guillermo González; Administrador de la Hacienda de Santa Catarina.
Request for help in finding position for husband; recommendation of Iglesias.
Isabel's need for medicinal baths; local dress similar to dress in Mexico; French styles for higher class; widebrim hat called national distinction of Mexico; reforms in Portugal compared with those in Mexico, with emphasis on religion; monasteries turned into hospitals, headquarters, and public offices; budget overspent; novitiates restricted; confiscation of nuns' property; Irish nuns aided by Protestant English government to show British influence; priests in civilian clothes; French legation; Bishop of Viseu reported minister in the government, now candidate for post of Cardenal Patriarca de Lisboa; monarchy in low repute; comic opera used to ridicule King; ministry deposed by General Duque de Saldanha; invasion of Palace by troops; Vicente; Barajitas.
Arrival of Méndez; work at Portezuelo and La Magdalena; Aguirre expected at El Mayorazgo.
Article in
Appeal of Merlin to save the Sacristía de la Veracruz from claims by Jacobo González as part of nationalized property; Cruz; approval by Government; house of Padilla; disapproval of program.
Pursuit of Lagarde by Cruz in Puesto de Montero (Zumpango district?); Joaquín Pérez Tejada.
Proposals to Legislature for settling problem of debt and boundaries; Lynch chosen by Legislature; request for use of influence to return to writer's proposal. Includes draft of answer, dated June 17, concerning Decree 36; bad effects of continual difficulties between governors and legislatures; refusal to interfere in affairs of another state.
Request for letter of recommendation to Gómez Tagle; travel to Toluca for his health; service with Berriozábal.
$100 sent to Méndez; drainage problems; article by Altamirano in
Imprisonment of Manuel J. Madrid; enmity of Olascoaga over contract terms; hacienda at Mineral del Oro; quarrel taken to Recaudador de Ixtlahuaca; extraction of valuable minerals; arrest on entry into Toluca; Carlos del Moral, Jefe político; Lic. Sánchez Mireles; influence of Alberto García; request for letters of recommendation to local lawyers. Includes draft of reply by Riva Palacio, July 9, 1870, to Lic. Jesús Sánchez Mireles, recommending Ortega as a well-known lawyer in Mexico.
Preparation for trial before Consejo de guerra; request for aid.
Letter from Lic. Jesús Fuentes for Cruz delivered by Lic. Zubieta; defense against bandits.
Receipt of letter recommending Lic. Ortega.
Receipt of recommendation for Jesús Fuentes Muñiz; messenger sent to Toluca.
Transmittal of copy of “Observaciones al Proyecto de Constitución” sent to the Congreso Constituyente.
Arrival of ammunition in Toluca; payment for expenses involved with men of Plata.
Difficulties in organizing the railroad to Toluca; delay of Fuentes y Muñiz in furnishing information for setting up the company; Lic. Francisco Pérez new Jefe político; garrison in El Valle.
Good discipline in school; study of languages and science; lack of progress in printing, shoemaking, carpentry, and tailoring; hydraulics; geometry; plan to replace tailoring and shoemaking by lithography and stone masonry; improvements in drawing and topography; Academy of music; unpaid tuition bills; praise for Aurio Mañón and son Elías presented by Dávalos.
Death of Juan Molina; illness of brother Rafael and of wife; articles on the railroad printed in paper; Junta directiva; arrangements for land purchase; progress of work on drainage; Torre; repayment ot Mejía from Treasury; activities of Gendarmerie in Tlalnepantla; Calle de San Lorenzo; German Henkel; Valdez to present plans for palace; release of Barreiro and “Los de Chimalhuacán”; case studied by Gómez; partial printing of the
Birthday greetings from the Ayuntamientos.
Birthday greetings.
Birthday greetings.
Jesús Basurto abducted at Rancho de los Perales, District of Ixtlahuaca; pursuit by Jefe político of Ixtlahuaca; El Oro; San Felipe del Obraje; Cejudo at Enyeje and Las Cruces; Jefe político de Tlalnepantla; decree of Diputación permanente for new elections; Fuentes' support; progress of drainage; Ingeniero G[u]errero; labor difficulties; Hacienda de la J; illness of brother; Garay; Puente de Temoaya; Buenavista; Torre; Chucho; return of seat of government to Chalco requested; repair to jail; Juzgado de Tlalmanalco; effort of residents to be moved to Distrito Federal. In pencil: Guadalupe Ramírez (Barreiro?).
Letter from Labastida discussed with Ángel Sobrino; contributions for church solicited. Includes two separate pieces:
Plan for exhibits at the exposition in Toluca in December.
Plans for exhibits at the exhibition in Toluca.
Order to appear to settle the “contribución sobre su profesión”. $176 shown due. Address: Medinas 20 S. José el Real.
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Proposed settlement with Director de Contribuciones; offer of certificate as Rector del Colegio de Abogados; neglect in obtaining title earlier; problem of accepting settlement with minor title; possible return of Martínez de Castro to Ministry; certificate offered.
Recommendation to Director de Contribuciones to suspend the case; arrangements with Lic. Suárez to provide certificate of title as lawyer.
Co-operation in preparing exhibits for exposition; Cruz; Molina.
Co-operation in obtaining exhibits for exposition; Chalco; Ignacio Herrera; escape of 40 prisoners; recapture of part; letter by Chávez to Fuentes Muñiz about hiring another
Receipt of back pay from Administración del Papel sellado and the Jefatura de Hacienda; request for order for payment of remaining back pay.
Transmittal of new periodical with account of imprisonment of Olaguíbel; advice requested; possible constitutional question.
Plan to furnish exhibits for the exposition.
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Return from pursuit of bandits in Montes de Angangueo; bandits from Zitácuaro; birthday greetings; Divina Providencia.
Introduction to José María López Monroy; preparation of report to present to the Legislature concerning the
Co-operation in finding exhibits for the exposition; progress of drainage project; lack of tools; difficulties created by owners of the haciendas; Garay; travel of Vicente to Havana.
Co-operation in sending exhibits for the exhibition at the Instituto Literario; mineral exhibits suggested.
Legislature to meet; district elections; drainage canal approaching San Diego and Pat[h]é; arrangements with Trevillo; opposition of Sr. Uribe despite aid of Junta Administrativa; road from Tenancingo to Malinalco opened; rivalry between the two towns; payment for surveying instruments; pay for engineer; improvement of road via Ixtlahuaca, Jilotepec, and vicinity; arrangements with Méndez for land for new offices.
Notice of exposition in Toluca as in 1850 and 1851; appointment as local chairman by the Junta Directiva of the exposition, to cover fields of industry, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and art exhibits; other members of committe: Juan Saavedra, Severo Gorostieta, and Octaviano Camacho.
Previous engagement with Santiago; meeting of Junta at later time requested; warning from Dublán.
Notice of postponed meeting; $500 charge against house levied in 1861/1862 for No. 7, Callejón del Ratón by the Ministerio de Hacienda, sent to José María Villar y Dávila; confusion in house numbers 5, 7, and 9; bill sent to Ogarrio (?), represented by Manuel Dublán; explanation to son Javier; house numbers given “en tiempo del Rey”; Callejón del Obispo also called Del ratón.
Meeting with Sota Riva; the lottery; meeting with Torre at San Nicolás; study of the lottery desired by Méndez before writing proposed legislation; desire of Barrón to begin work on road to Tetecala; Gómez; Valle; approval of hacendados de Morelos; correction in map of state requested by Iglesias; slow sale of bonds; Méndez' plan to build (railroad?) station east of La Pelota, between Calle real and Calle de Santa Clara; Mezón de la plazuela de Zaragoza; “teatro viejo”; San Lorenzo line preferred to Huisquilucan; future center for commerce San Bartolomé Otzolotepec and not Toluca; pay for engineers; publication of the
Reorganization of state offices; Sección de Guerra disbanded; police work shifted; Carlos Moral moved to district Jefatura; objection to being subordinated to an
Legislative work postponed until final sessions of Legislature; opinion requested on proposed legislation; efforts to persuade Uribe to allow drainage work to cross his property; Garay; appeal to declare the work Utilidad pública for condemnation proceedings; the San Nicolás problem to be sent to Legislature; Fuentes; the Oficiales de Registro Público; delay of local Ayuntamiento in submitting the “Oficios de hipotecas.” Pencil note on back; Sra. Sánchez; casa de Padilla.
Discussion of the San Nicolás problem with Gómez; the lottery problem; Torre; preparation of
Transmittal of
New effort by Renedo and Mañón y Valle to persuade Uribe to allow canal across Hacienda de Paté; preparation of Junta Directiva to institute condemnation proceedings; expropriation of land; Monroy's interview with Uribe; report on San Nicolás sent to Legislature; complaint of Indians over seizure of animals and mistreatment; meeting with Torre.
Capture of Paris; nearby battles.
Decision of Tribunal Superior; accusation by Administrador de Rentas de Jilotepec; publication in
Delay in trial; capture in company with Lieutenant Colonel Plata; $20 requested for use of family.
Berriozábal; departure for Chalco before Governor's return; approval of Juan Francisco; difficulties between Catholics and Protestants; Seguridad Pública recommended for district; request for return to office as Jefe Superior de la Gendarmería; Joaquín Alcalde.
Concern for high crime rate in Otumba; trial procedure; the Tribunal Superior; measures taken to protect the powerful against the Indians.
Arrival of French steamer
Surrender of MacMahon and Bazaine; Napoleon captured; Republic proclaimed in Paris.
Arrival of Lalanne in France; Napoleon's aide shot; Leboeuf captured; Gambetta President; Prussians in Paris; trouble feared between French and Prussians in Mexico.
Letter mailed from Santo Tomás; Josefina; siege of Paris; lack of postal treaty in Spain; meeting with Balaguer in home of Prim; observation of treaties; example of Jecker in international relations; war with France; Duque de Morny, brother of Napoleon; consultation with Sebastián; departure of Minister Delfín Sánchez, as Minister of Spain to Mexico; Antonio Mier; Manuel Payno; Montiel; study of agricultural improvements; French system for preventing thefts by employees discredited by the war; Barajitas.
Support of Indians in Chimalhuacán; Lic. Pérez; request for reversal of earlier decision; survey of land bordering Costitlán; Zarco (?); study of case by Rivera Melo; impressions favorable to
Report on charge against Ayuntamiento de Chalco taken to capital by Juan José Vallejo; sale of Rancho de la Huerta.
Invasion of Hacienda de Parangueo by band under Vázquez y Núñez; money and horses taken; authorities at Santiago; hacienda fined for not resisting; return of bandits; Carmelita. Includes copy of order:
Slow progress of Cuamatla investigation; report of Solórzano on Hacienda de Cuamatla; condition of the land; price set at $200,000.
Popularity of Riva Palacio in view of coming elections.
Notice of auction for debts due the district; publication in newspaper
Meeting of Chamber to discuss the amnesty; move of Sánchez Azcona for delay unpopular; applause for Ávila and Mendiolea; vote of Don Porfirio for amnesty; notice by French, incredulous of news of Franco-Prussian war; Rey Guillermo.
Invitation to appear in connection with the drainage project; López Monroy; lawsuit started by dissident; Nicolás; Lerma.
Return of Sullivan from Nichoacán; purchase of material for Toluca roads; answers from offers to English firms for help in building railroads; reply by British packet boat; communication between Sullivan and Alexander & Sons of New York, owners of Veracruz-to-New York steamer line; reply by American packet boat.
Riva Palacio blocked from re-election by law; problem of succesion to the governorship.
Service in foreign war under Vicente Riva Palacio; request for appointment to prefecture of District of Cuautitlán.
Watermark: Lacroix.
Decision to remain in Ministry on request of the President; main problems facing the government: States and Amnesty; danger of conflict in government.
Transmittal of news bulletins from American packet boat; news from France anticipated.
Transmittal of news from Europe; arrival of General Porfirio Díaz; meeting with other generals: Corona, and Treviño, and toast to Vicente Riva Palacio; letters from Vicente in Paris; son Adolfo; Mañón; Fuentes Muñiz.
Herrera requested by Tlalnepantla to furnish bulls for coming celebration.
Interview with Cañedo on coming election; Juan José Baz favored for governor; Muñoz Ledo; discussion of election of president.
Departure of troops for Temascaltepec protested; danger from bandits; inadequacy of Ayuntamiento; suspicions of Rafael Pagaza and Inocente García; troops requested of Limón; bandits reported at Cerros de Tierra Quemada and at Angangueo.
Satisfaction with results of money loaned Riva Palacio for investment; residence in Spain; meeting with Vicente in Spain; visit to the Escorial and aqueduct of Segovia; Palacio de Campo de la Granja; visit to Aranjuez and Toledo; meeting with Miguel C. Rul; superiority of French; consequences of occupation; need for a Congreso europeo; Isabel suffering from heat; climate of Toluca; Don Ceferino.
Governor's term established as November 21, 1867 to November 21, 1871; shortened term unconstitutional; need for regular periods in legislative powers; elections by the legislative body; Legislature to function as electoral college; advice against modification of legal arrangement.
Illness of son Felipe; Antonio Riva and Antonino [Riva Palacio]; illness of Riva Palacio; discussion of advisability of leaving shortened term for governor; candidacy of Zimbrón in El Valle; Islas; advice of Lerdo, Montiel, and Antonio Riva.
Letter delivered by Barajas; state funds used for study of railroad project; copy of proposed law expected from Mancera; agreement reached in Toluca; proposed law on export of money; first track to Atzcapotzalco; Luis' communication with London; Sullivan's communication with Alexander and with General Rosencrans; F. Muñiz; Valle; basis for expropriation.
Enmity between residents of Sultepec and Almoloya; request for private investigation.
Recommendation for Riva Palacio to continue in office the extra nine months.
Request that Prefecto de Otumba Mariano Guerra be left in present position, not moved to Ixtlahuaca.
Consideration of the Tehuantepec problem by Congress; possible consideration of railroad problem.
Illness; Sebastián; Terreros; discussion in Congress of the amnesty problem; Decree of October 2; restrictions on application; Siliceo; Escudero (Pedro).
Letter delivered by Santos Ruiz; accompanying
Request that Colonel Joaquín Rangel be exempt from penalties on tax;
Partial approval of the project for the railroad; suggested changes; company organized by Mariano Riva Palacio for railroad from Mexico to Toluca and Cuautitlán; free transport of mails; Balcárcel; Benito; suggestions of Ministro de Fomento.
Approval of law for railroad by the Chamber; Balcárcel; arrangements for talk with Tribunal Superior about the Chimalhuacán problem; mistreatment of defendants by Sheridan, Jefe político de Texcoco; Barrera; situation called violation of “principios democráticos”; comparison with policy of Tomás Horan (?); the Indians of Chimalhuacán; publication of discussion; law against Indians criticized.
Protest against article in
Barajas; receipt of deposit for state; engineer Martín added to staff to help Bezares; elimination of Jacalon in Llano de la Mina Vieja; approval of project by Congress; opposition by Orozco, Colimota, and Ramón Guzmán; fear of excessive export of money; cost of rails and machinery; width of the track; answers by Mancera, Arévalo, and G. Prieto; “defensor de Tarifa”; size of government subsidy; Balcárcel; European system of having mail separated in railroad cars during travel; support of Ministro de Fomento; Isidoro in Río Hondo; departure via Calles de la Victoria el sapo, Tiburcio, etc.; comparison with Guzmán de Alfarache.
Congressional approval of Mexico-Toluca railroad; approval of law anticipated.
Approval of Mexico-Toluca railroad project; fear of excessive export of money; width of railbed; tariffs lifted.
Agreement with Jefe político of Lerma to settle quarrel between towns Santa María Mazatla [Tlalnepantla District] and Ozolotepec or Mimiapan over land rights; meeting with Cejudo; appeal to Juez de Letras.
Introduction to Manuel Solana and Manuel García; hope of influencing Legislature to act on appeals by the district.
Delivery of dictamen for the Toluca railroad; delay in presentation of law to Congress.
Testimony concerning lands in Texas delivered by Sánchez Solís; “el ladrón de Moseley”; approval of the Toluca railroad; experience with railroads in Texas; narrow-gauge railroad studied for lands in Texas; wife's uncle a manufacturer of locomotives in the United States.
Progress in work on roads from Querétaro to Tepeji and Arroyozarco to Polotitlán; financial support for road via Tula, La Cañada, Arroyozarco, and Ato[to]n[il]quillo; inability of government to support extensive construction system.
Work on road from Almoloya to [Toluca]; approval for road requested of Ayuntamiento de Zac[ual]pam; municipio status requested by Ocuila[n] because of location near Morelos line; similar request by Tonatico near Guerrero line and near Tenango, Santiago, Monte de las Cruces, and Cuernavaca; center of bandit activity.
Budget for installing telegraph line to Morelia, $290; galvanized wire, oak posts, glass insulators, insulated wire, nails, and labor; request for copy of instructions for rectification of land titles.
Rafael Anaya to speak to President of Tribunal concerning sentence of José Blas and Sabino Mazón for homocide; Lic. Lechuga; request for aid.
Transmittal of letter with suggestion for improvement of conditions in the state; request for copies of
Delegation sent to support requests made to the Legislature; movement of
Complaints against the Jefe político; article by Álvarez in
Change in plan for lotteries; decree of the Congreso General.
Approval of railroad project; support of Ávila and Mancera; value of railroad to Puebla; value of Toluca railroad to the Gran Progreso; gift of cigars from Carballo y Ortegut; use of civil war to gain Federal aid; J. J. Baz; Dondé; Iglesias; Tula.
Letter to Ortega; Pedro; letter from Escobedo to Juárez; brother Aniceto; Corona in Lagos; letter by Cañedo; Barrón; approval of railroad project against vote of Mancillas; incident of [Vicente] Riva Palacio; Law of April 30; possible election of Lucianita or Zimbrón, Benítez or Terreros.
Watermark: Lacroix & Frères.
Session of Junta Directiva del Desagüe de la Laguna de Lerma reported by Pascual Cejudo and López Monroy; Calzada de Lerma; continuance in office encouraged; meeting with Méndez.
Lack of news from Vicente, from England and Spain; fall of Strassburg; approach to Paris; defeat of Prussians.
Praise by French newspapers; transmittal of article in European newspaper; hope to see rail line to [Toluca].
Request of Balcárcel and the President for return of law for railroad; question of period of time for exemption of imports from tax; publication of law; Elizondo.
Request sent to State Congress for amnesty for José and Juan Aceves, sentenced to death for robbery in Tlalnepantla.
Law for railroad project approved by Congress and signed by President; publication in
Delay of Cejudo in trip to
Watermark: Lacroix.
Request from Sultepec for return of seat of government to that town; preference over Almoloya.
Request from residents of Chimalhuacán; reports from Jefe político; plea for equal treatment of Indians; lack of the protection of the colonial government; Fuentes Muñiz; resolution of Gómez Tagle; need for examination of the ground; loss of land in other places; the Academia.
Use of amnesty under Decree of October 3.
Attack on Ranchería de Ixtlahuaca by bandits; route via Montañas del Nevado; foiled abduction of Mariano Carrión; execution of bandit under Law of April 9; well-known opposition of Riva Palacio to death penalty.
Aid in passage of bill for railroad project; election as citizen of the State; extension of term of governor urged.
Orders to aid Major Muñoz during the fair.
Aid rendered in passage of law for railroad project; receipt of letter of thanks.
Report by Pérez; departure of Jefe político for Malinalco to arrange for work on road to Tenango; heavy traffic on road; practice of residents of Malinalco to furnish meal for volunteer road workers; funds needed.
Presidente Municipal de Zac[ualpa]m; ten men added to local force; usefulness in collecting taxes.
Extension of governor's term approved by Legislature; improvement of roads; aid offered in building the railroad; approval of requests of Tonatico and Ocuila[n]; permission to go to Mexico to see the Ministerio de Hacienda on business of the Municipalidades.
Arrangements for branch of the railroad; need for settlement of differences; absence of “tendencias comunistas”; Gracia.
Term of governor extended to December.
Receipt of state laws; law of the Registro público; hope for railroad to Toluca; interest of Michoacán in railroad; opening of theatre; Colegio Civil and fountains built; telegraph line established; Maravatío to be linked with Toluca by telegraph with support of the Ministerio de Fomento; Celaya branch; Puerto de Medina.
Governor's term extended; approval of railroad project; Benito Juárez ill of apoplexy.
Illness of President.
Delay in return on advice of Romero and the President to await end of congressional action on amnesty, Jalisco, and ports of deposit; collection of architectural designs from Academia de San Carlos for the Instituto; order of Ministerio de Justicia for release of duplicates of machines in colleges for physics; visit with Presidente de la Junta Directiva de Instrucción Pública; communication on subject of the exposition.
Publication of the Toluca story; transmittal of article in
Answer from Ministerio de la Guerra awaited; request of Valdez for $100 to meet payroll; $600 collected among towns and haciendas for purchase of arms, deposited in Tesorería Municipal; delivery to Benito Sánchez on order of Cañedo; notice sent to Cañedo for return of money; purchase not completed; possible recourse to court; return of escort from El Contadero.
Governor's term extended.
Delay in trial of Plata, Juan García, and aide in band; unanswered letters to Aguirre; amnesty invoked; Comandancia or Ministerio de Guerra blamed.
Amnesty published; other prisoners freed; Plata; excuses made for retaining them; request for aid in obtaining freedom.
Railroad company formed with 30 members; congratulations.
Recommendations by Iglesias, Lozano, Berriozábal, Barrón, Valle, Guzmán, and Aguirre de la Barrera; request for employment on railroad. Address: Tlalnepantla.
Opinion on behalf of Sra. García, separating payments to the State from funds available to Federal Government.
Governor's term extended; Colonel Francisco Limón.
Receipt of recommendation for José María Sota Riva, applicant for chair of Physics in the Colegio militar.
Difficulties with cuadrillas settled; Torre; pay for Lic. Manuel Reyes; work on drainage canal renewed under contract; labor force busy with harvest at San Bartolomé Otzolotepec; Railroad company formed; Cejudo; Jefe político de Tenango.
Visit of Governor to Zumpango, Tlalnepantla, and Cuautitlán; rivalry between Jefes políticos in Zumpango and Cuautitlán; Fuentes y Muñiz; lunch served together; Verdiguel; Molina; toast to Lic. Zalazar and Marín; Cocer; Cruz; Rojo; Solano Manuel; new era of friendship.
Request for intervention with Ministerio for back pay; “Los hermanos de la [H]oja.”
Letter sent to Lerdo; Spanish Minister; illness of Benito Juárez; organization of Railroad company; return from Zumpango; Montiel; publication of letter from Europe, with advice for Spanish Republic.
Case involving false titles; Faustino; Juez Conciliar; Abrahan Ramos; pursuit of falsifiers; Ortega called Conciliador de Tlalmanalco; collection of documents supporting his case; appointments by the Tribunal; position requested; explanation for past conduct; Catalina; Antonio Martínez de Castro.
Conditions in Mexico compared with Europe; suffering of France; loss of French territory; elections to result in choice of king, probably Amadeo, Duque de Acosta, son of Víctor Manuel; election of Cortes opposed by republicans; Castelar compared with Altamirano; European ignorance of Mexico; Guatemala placed in Mexico by Spanish newspaper; discussions of Juárez, Maximiliano, and Tejada; departure for England and Italy; Manuel Terreros; Payno; Barajitas.
Fuentes; improved health; examination of dictamen of the Consejo; Lechuga, Presidente del Tribunal.
Report from Gobernador interino on state of Governor's health; wish for speedy recovery. Includes draft of reply, Mexico, November 5, 1870, addressed to Gabino Garduño; receipt of telegrams and letters acknowledged.
Inquiry about health on behalf of Diputación Permanente.
Period of leave extended by Consejo de Gobierno; approval of Presidente del Tribunal needed. Has draft of answer, referring to message of Fuentes Muñiz.
Assumption of government; called for meeting to decide on interim governor.
Inquiry about health for Diputación permanente. Has draft of answer.
Inquiry about health for Diputación permanente. Has draft of answer.
Solicitation about illness of Riva Palacio.
Inquiry about health on behalf of Diputación permanente. Has draft of answer.
Watermark: Rolland Frères.
Formation of Compañía del Ferrocarril de Toluca y Cuautitlán; Junta directiva composed of Isidoro de la Torre, Martín Bengoa, Lic. Rafael Martínez de la Torre, Faustino Goribar, Pedro Valle, Lic. Manuel Dublán, and Luis Méndez; approval of government; approval of President. Includes copy of proposed constitutional changes:
Watermark: Rolland Frères. Embossed letterhead.
Receipt of report on health of Governor.
Inquiry about health of Riva Palacio.
Travel to Paris; Vicente in Madrid; fall of Napoleon (Juez de Paz de Europa) predicted by Riva Palacio; Francisco Peláez.
Inquiry of Diputación permanente about health. Has draft of reply.
Hope for improved health; Antonino; Barajas. Includes draft of reply, Mexico, November 13, 1870; letter from Toluca; question of etiquette.
Request for aid in recovering back pay as teacher in the Escuela de primeras letras; visit to Cuautitlán.
Effort to see Riva Palacio in Toluca and Mexico; his health.
Request for Juez Pulet to remain in post.
Financial difficulties of the Holy See; [UNK] allowed annually by Ministerio de Hacienda; occupation of Rome; “óbolo [UNK] San Pedro”; upset in collections caused by unsettled political conditions in [UNK] and America; financial ruin of powerful Catholic families in France, [UNK], Belgium, and Italy; poverty of church in Mexico; appeal for contributions from wealthy Mexican families for “El ilustre Prisionero del Vaticano”; [UNK] to go to Tomás Barón or José María Andrade.
Valentín Gómez Tagle appointed interim [UNK] during illness of Riva Palacio.
Recovery of health discussed; interim [UNK] appointed; railroad; lottery; J. Mañón; instructions of Junta Directiva in [UNK] of Valentín in El Salitre; notes of Dublán and Méndez; payment of engineers; Rivera; meeting with Gavia(?) y Valdez on purchase of logs; Antonio; [UNK]; circular concerning the exposition; article by Méndez on narrow-[gauge] [UNK]; amnesty for Plata; Lic. Reyes; the San Nicolás problem; constitution to be [UNK] over name of Gómez.
Office of interim governor assumed.
Friendship with husband Ignacio María [UNK]; warning about officials in Morelos and Zacualtipán; Visitador de la [UNK]; protection of Supremo Gobierno; appeal to Juárez for protection; comparison [UNK] shortage in husband's accounts and back salary owed him.
Meetings with Deputies and with Mañón; [UNK]; election of magistrates; question of constitutional reforms.
Election of Valentín Gómez Tagle; [UNK] of Fuentes y Muñiz in election of magistrates Lechuga, Gómez Tagle, [UNK], Vicencio, Uribe, Licea y Borja; possible election of Veytia; portrait of Riva [UNK] described.
Settlement of problem dividing the [UNK].
Proposal to publish new constitution in name of Riva Palacio.
Lic. Juan E. Ortega y Espinosa [UNK] for place on Tribunal in message to the Congress.
Congratulations on successful work with state legislature.
Return of Riva Palacio to Toluca shown in newspapers; weather in Toluca.
Packet's arrival; cable re-established; defeat of General Vantaun in Orleans; French defeated by Prince Frederick Charles; danger of war between England and Russia dissipated; Acosta to be King of Spain.
Success of return to Toluca; the railroad; financial discussions by Junta Directiva; Mañón; Fuentes; Berriozábal; failure of Berriozábal's business; Borbolla; Guadalupita.
Recommendation for José M. Saravia; Federal pension.
Request for position with railroad; experience at railroad stations during recess of Congress; Riva Palacio addressed as
Hope for [UNK] of line to link Atlantic with Pacific. Signatures: Jesús Adame, Guadalupe Agüero, Manuel G. Aguirre, Antonio Albarán, Ignacio Alcántara, Ramón Alcántara, Luis Alcocer, Jesús Alegría, Andrés Almazán, Fernanda Almeyda, Santos Alnneida (Almeida?), Francisco G. Alonso, Merced Alvarado, Domingo Álvarez, Juan Álvarez (Meones? Moncada), Marcelino Álvarez, Miguel Anaya, Jesús Araisa, [UNK] Arias, Antonio Armada, Ignacio Archundia, Lucio Arellano, Francisco Arratía, Miguel Arrutia (?), Plutarco Arratía(?), Tiburcio G. Arratía, S.A. Arroyo ([UNK]), Francisco Arzate, Lino Arzate, Catarino Arvo, Tiburcio Arce, José Arzate, Tiburcio Arce, Tomás Avelayra(?), Adrián Ávila, Florencio Ávila, Francisco Ávila Anaya, P[]a (?) Astorga, Pedro Ayala, Ricardo Ayala, Jesús C. Bais, Librado Baldespino, Mariano Balero, Ramón Ballina, Sulano Barbabosa, Miguel Barrios, Narcis[o] Barrón, Antonio Bastida, Vicente Bayejo (Vallejo?), Luis Benavídez, [UNK] Benítez, José María Bermeo, C. Melino (Abelino?) Bernal, Germán Bernal, Gregorio Bernal, Gumesindo Bernal, José Bernal, Luis Bernal (twice), [UNK] Bernal, Silviano Bernal, Miguel Bertis (Vértiz?), Reoumaldo (Romualdo?) Becerril, Marcelino Blanquel, Martín Bonilla, Gaspar Bracamontes, Epifanio B[][UNK] Valdés, Antonio Caballero, Carlos Cabiedes (twice), F. P. Calderón, Agustín Camacho, Antonio Camacho, Juan Camacho, Nicolás Camacho, Juan Campo, [UNK] Campos, Mariano Campos, Tirso Camposano, Germán Caña, Eulalio [UNK], Jesús Capula, Francisco Cárdenas, Guillermo Cárdenas, Jesús María Cárdenas (twice), Manuel Cárdenas, Eusebio Carmona, Rafael Carmona y Galindo, [UNK] Carmonal, Cleto, Carrasco, Ignacio Carrasco, José María Carrasco, Nicolás [UNK], Francisco Carrera, Guevioco (?) Castañeda, Juan Castañeda, Jesús [UNK], Manuel Fernando Castañón, José María Casteldeoro (?), José María Castillo ([UNK]), Antonio Castro, Bidal(?) Castro, Candelario Castro, Andrés Castro y [UNK], Andrés César, Ignacio Cienfuegos, José L. Cienfuegas (Cienfuegos?), [UNK] Cienfuegos, Nicolás Cisale (Cirale? Lisale?), Tomás Cisneros, Felipe Coca, [UNK] Colín, R. Colín, Jesús Colina, Agustín Contreras, Eduardo Contreras, [UNK] Contreras, Tomás Cordero, Benito Cormional (?), José María Corona ([UNK] del Ejército Liberal), Tomás Cortina, B. Councheya (?), Hilario Cres[c]encio, [UNK] Crespo, Teófilo Cruz, José Cuenca, Román Cuenca, Bruno Cueva, G. Cuevas, [UNK] José Chabin, Ernesto Chaix, Margarito Dávila, José Delgado, Feliciano Díaz, [UNK] Díaz, Nicanor Díaz, Ramón Díaz, Lic. José Díaz Leal, Epifanio Domínguez, [UNK] Domínguez, Emil Durán (?), G. Enríquez, Maximiliano Enríquez, [UNK] Enríquez, C. Escamilla, Leonardo Escobedo, Juan Espejo, Vicente Espejo, [UNK] Espinosa, Leonardo Espinosa, Luis Espinosa, Román Espinosa, Blas Esquivel, Gregorio Esquivel, Mariano Esquivel, Antonio Estévez, Francisco Estévez, Joaquín Estévez, José Estévez, Plácido Estévez, Rafael Estévez, Camilo Estrada, Diego [UNK], [UNK] Estrada, J. Zeferino Estrada, José Estrada, Marcos Estrada, Pedro [UNK], [UNK](?) Estrada, Telésforo Estrada, Andrés Estrada Villuenda, Rafael [UNK], Ciriaco Fernández, Demetrio Fernánde[z], Felipe Fernández, Sixto Fernández, Ma[n]uel Fernández Castañeda, Diego Fierro, Faustino Figueroa, Gregorio Figueroa, Tomás Figueroa, Antonio Flores, Cipriano Flores, Francisco Flores, Jesús Flores (twice), Norberto Flores, Carlos Fonseca, José Fonseca, P. Frau[]tr[], Jesús Fraustro (twice), José María Fraustro, Luis Fraustro, Juan N. Frías, Procopio Fuentes, Jesús Fuentes y Muñiz, Antonio García, Bruno García, C. García, Edurrige(?) García, Felipe García, Francisco García (three times), Gabriel García, Hilario García, Jesús García (twice), José García, José María García (twice), Juan García (por el Hotel Hidalgo), Julián García, Luis García, M. García, Manuel García y Teja (Ceja?), Mariano García, Mónico García, Octaviano García, Prisciliano García, Rafael María García, Ramón García, Cipriano García, Vicente García, Hilario García y Bastida, F. de García Figueroa, Fernando Garduño, Marcos Garduño, Pablo Garduño, Pantaleón Garnica, Felipe Garrido, Ignacio Gayosso, Evaristo Gil, Félix Gil, Amado Gómez, Andrés Gómez, F. Reyes Gómez, Jesús Gómez, Margarito Gómez, Miguel Gómez, Pantaleón Gómez, Ramón Gómez, Valentín Gómez, Manuel Gómez Tagle, Joaquín Gómez de Villar, Agustín G[onzále]z, Alberto González (twice), Antonio P. González, Aristeo González, Carlos M. González, Clemente Go[nzále]z, Eduardo González, Félix González, Hilario González, Ildefonso González, J. Luis González, Jesús González (twice), Jesús González, José R. Gon[zále]z, José R. González, Juan González, Julio González, J. Luis Gon[zále]z, Lorenzo González (twice), Lucio González, Luis González, Marselo González, Pedro González, Silvestre González, José González de González, Rafael González Peralta, Ignacio Gonzalo, Agustín Gordillo, Antonio Guarez (Juárez), A. Guadarrama, Antonio Guadarrama, J. A. Guadarrama, Jesús Guerrero, Margarito Guerrero, Alberto Gutiérrez, Andrés Gutiérrez, C. Teodoro Gutiérrez, Félix Gutiérrez, Gregorio Gutiérrez, José Gutiérrez, Juan Gutiérrez, Justo Gutiérrez, Lucas Gutiérrez, Margarito Gutiérrez, Agustín Henkel, Arcadio Henkel, Clemente Heras, Vicente Heras, Agustín Hern[án]dez, Auxencio Hernández, José Hernández, José María Hernández, Juan Hernández, Macsimoano (Maximiliano?) Hernández, Marcos Hernández, Mariano Hernández, Pedro Hernández, S. Hernández, Toribio Hernández, Vicente Hernández, León Herrán, J. Hidalgo, Rafael M. Hidalgo, Agustín Hinojosa, Doroteo Hinojoso, Amador Hinojosa, Diego Hinojosa, Simón Hinojoza, Zeferino Hinojoza (twice), Benito Hortiebe, Miguel Hurtado, Alejandro Iglesias, Ponciano Iglesias, José Ignacio, A. Inclán, Agustín Inclán, Antonio Inclán, Crescencio Inclán, José María Iniesta (twice), Nicolás Íñigo, Y. Izquierdo, Antonio Jiménez, Felipe Jiménez, Francisco Jiménez, Iviceno (Irineo?) Jiménez, Jacinto Jiménez, Jesús Jiménez, Juan Jiménez, Margar[it]o Jiménez, Pascual Jiménez, J. Manuel Jiménez y Mota, Antonio Laballero (Caballero?), Agustín Ladrón de Guevara y Cervantes, Francisco de P. Larrea, Serapio Lazo, Felipe Ledesma, Urbano Lechuga, Aristeo Legorreta (twice), Francisco Legorreta, G. Legorreta (?), Pascual Legorreta González, Amado Lerma, Nicanor Lerma, Santos Lerma, José María Librado Escortín, Miguel Licea, Joaquín Linares, Rafael Loperena, Agapito López, Camilo López, Cipriano López (twice), Cosme López, Domingo López, Francisco López (twice), Refugio López, Nicolás Lozano, María Luja de Ortega, M. G. Luna, Brígido Maciel, Felipe Manjarres, Ignacio Mañón y Valle, Agustín Martínez, Calixto Martínez, Carlos Martínez, F. E. Martínez, Felipe Martínez, Francisco Martínez, Isidro Martínez, José María Martínez, José S. Martínez, Lorenzo Martínez, Pablo Martínez, Pedro Martínez, Rafael Martínez, Juan L. Maya, José María Meana, J. Medina, Abunindio (?) Mejía, Jesús Mejía, José María Mejía, José M. Mejía, Antonio Mena, Felipe Mena (twice), M. Mena, Pascasio Mena, Rafael Mena, Francisco Méndez, Agustín Mercado, Crispín Mercado, Vicente P. Mercado, E. de Mier (twice), Francisco Mirado, Ignacio Miranda, Juan Miranda, Longino Miranda, Ambrosio Molina, Calixto Moncada, José [] Mondragón, José Mondragón, Pablo Mondragón, Pedro Mondragón y Cruz, Jesús Montalvo, Miguel Montal[vo], J. Antonio Montes de Oca, Román C. Montiel, C. Moral, J. C. Moral, Ignacio Morales, Jesús Morales (three times), Martín Morán, Epigmenio Moreno, Jesús Moreno (twice), Joaquín Moreno, Plácido Moreno, Leonardo Mosu(?) (Merced? Maciel?), Isidro Mota, Pascual Mota, Victorio Muciño, Agustín Munguía, Lorenzo Mung[u]ía, Luciano Munguía, F. Muriño, Manuel Muñoz, Adrián Naba, Agustín Nava (twice), Cris[tóba]l Nava (twice), Gabriel Nava, Ignacio Nieto, Julián R. Nava, Lorenzo Nava, Mariano Nova (Nava?), Séptimo (?) Nava, J. P. Ocampo, Agustín Olascoaga, Donaciano Olascoaga, Isidro Olascoaga (?), Jesús Olascoaga, José Olascoaga (twice), Luis Olascoa[ga], José Oleta, Juan P. Olmedo, Gregorio Ontiveros, Cristóbal Ordóñez, Agustín Ortega, Jesús Ortega, Trinidad Ortega, Ignacio Ortega y Valdés, Aurelio Ortiz, Epifanio Ortiz, Mauro Ortiz, Micayla Ortiz, Antonio Orrotia (Urrutia?), Mariano Oseor, Pablo Osorio, Gmo Oufoo(?), Jesús Ovando, Rafael Palafox, Juan Palomares, Leocadio Partido, Lamberto Pastrana, Valentín Pedraso, Antonio Peña, Fe[]anco Peña, Ignacio Peña, Joaquín Peńa, Jesús Peñalosa, Ramón Peñaloza, Vicente Peñaloza, Adrián Perera, Domingo Pérez, Francisco Pérez, Hombono Pérez, José María Pérez, Luz Pérez, Rafael Pérez, Román Pérez, Severiano Pérez, Andrés Pichardo, F. de P. Pichardo, Agustín Piña, Joaquín Piña, José María Piña, Fernando Piquero, José Plácido, Fermín Plata, J. Eugenio Plat[a], Fortino Pliego, Francisco Pliego, José de Jesús Pliego, Manuel Pliego, Miguel Pliego, Teodoro Pliego, J. L. S. Pliego Pérez, J. Manuel Pliego Pérez, Trinidad Posada, J. Ramón Prado, Benito Quijano, Andrés Quintana, Fra[n]ci[s]co Quirós, José Quirós, Mariano Quirós (twice), Rafael Quirós, Domingo Ramírez, Rafael Ramírez, Luis Rayón, Rebhan (?), Víctor Rebhan, Pomposo Reboyar (Rebollar?), Feliciano Recillas (Ruillas?), Gumesindo Recillas (Ruillas?), José Recillas (Ruillas?), Silvestre Recillas (Ruillas?), Juan Fernán de Renedo (Revido?), Manuel Reyes, Miguel Reyes, Santiago Ribas, Jesús Rieaño, Jesús Rivas, Vicente Rivas, Braulio M. Rivero, Francisco Rivero, José Rivero, José M. Rivero, Loreto Rivero, Mariano Rivero, Nacario Rivero, Ramón Rivero, Gil Robles, C. Rodríguez, Feliciano Rod[r]íg[u]ez, Francisco Rodríguez, Inocente Rodríguez, Juan Rodríguez, Domingo Rojas, Francisco Rojas, Joaquín Rojas, Pablo R[]to Rojas, B[]m Rojas y González, Ángel Romero, Jesús Romero (twice), M. Romero, Manuel Romero, Pantaleón Romero, Vicente Romero, Manuel J. Romo, Ramón Rosa y Som[]z (?), Pedro Rosales, Fermín Rosas, Pedro Ruano, Joaquín F. Rubio, José Antonio Rubio, José Rueda, Juan G. Ruiz, Norberto Ruiz, Guadalupe S. y Vilches, Juan Salamanca, Mauro Salas, Isidoro Salazar, Ramón Salazar, Agustín Sánchez, Domingo Sánchez, Jesús Sánchez, Silverio Sánchez, Vicente Sánchez, Trinidad Sanjuz (Sanjurjo?), Francisco San Michel, Andrés Santa Ana, Antonio Santa Ana, Domingo Santa Ana, Felipe Santa Ana, Fermín Santa Ana, Jinio Santana, José Santa Ana, Juan Santa Ana, Pedro Santana (Jefe retirado del Ejército Liberal), Seferiano Santa Ana, Calixto Santa María, V. Santelice, F. Santín, Modesto Santín, Ramón Santín, Tranquilino Santín (twice), M. Schneider, Sebastián Sehogaz(?), Juan Seija, Rafael Seija (Leija?), Francisco Sejudo (Cejudo), Ricardo Serrano, Feliciano Sierra y Rosso, Carlem Silva, Mariano Silva, Enrique Sobrino, Jesús Solalinde, Juan Solares, Luis J. Soslar (Lorlar? Sorlán?), Jesús Darío Soto, [?] Strada (?), Eusebio Suárez, Ramón Teja, José A. de la Teja, Camilo Tirado, Man[]o Tirado, Ambrosio Torres, Aniceto Torres, Epifanio Torres, Serapio Torres, Francisco Torres y Almazán, Felipe Torres y Ceballos, Santiago Torres Torija, José Torrescano, Saturnino Tovar, Tomás Troncoso, Cesareo Uribe, Vicente Uribe, Trinidad Urrutia, Cristóforo Valdez, J. D. Valdés, Juan F. Valdez, Manuel V. Valdés, Telésforo Valdés, Fermín Jesús []aros de Valdez, Francisco Vallejo, Ignacio Vallejo (twice), Agustín Vargas, Presortico (Primitivo?) (Presbítero?) Juan de la Cruz Vargas, Antonio Velázquez, Feliciano Velázquez, José Velázquez, Manuel Velázquez, Pinzón Velázquez, Tomás Velázquez de León, Amado Vera, Antonio Veytia, Manuel Veytia, Pedro Veytia, Luz Vianda, C. M. Vicencio (Vianno?), Matilde Vigueras (twice), Agustín Vilchis, C. Ignacio Vilchis, Jesús Vilchis, Margarito Vilchis, Doña Vieyra, Ambrosio Villagómez, Eut[imi]o Villalpando, Pascual Villán, Arcadio Villavicencio, Federico Villavicencio, Francisco Villegas, José María Villegas, Vicente M. Villegas, Atilano Villuenda, Rafael Wiegg (Pliegg?), Camilo Zamora, Antonio Zárate, José María Zarza.
Introduction for James Sullivan; establishment of mining committee in Ixtapa del Oro; representation authorized by Gobierno General in 1867.
Request for remission of fine placed on Luciana Béistegui for paying for religious services at Fábrica de la Colmena; marriages; regularization of workers' lives.
Tax on lottery raised to 3% by Legislature; Ignacio Mañón; request of Junta directiva del Camino de fierro; absence of Martínez de la Torre; Martínez de la Concha; preparation of Estatutas de la Compañía del camino de fierro; plans for railroad prepared by Santiago Méndez; bonds printed; signatures of Goribar and Martínez de la Torre needed; Luisita.
Suit by residents of Chimalhuacán; Código Civil sent by Sociedad de abogados; Síndico Manuel Mendoza.
Theatre seats and performance; Berriozábal; improvement in Riva Palacio's health; Javierita; death of Teneca(?), husband of La Pesada; visit to Lola Cervantes; Riva; Saldívar; Eugenio; Manuel Rosas; slaughterhouse; Cuevas; Beles (Vélez?); hides bought by governor; mutton bought in Tacubaya; elections; Luciana; Altamirano; fight involving Fernando Sort; Adela; Pacheco; Pancho Ahuco(?); Ramón; Mariquita; Antonino; Javera(?); Mar[tí]nez; includes note from Josefina; Barajas; Riva; Cortina in Madrid; Borbolla; Mariano.
Approval of lotteries.
$400 requested by Sra. Beltrán; cost of equipping the hacienda; estimates of Puebla and Fuente; Martínez; Castillo; Gentón representing anonymous buyer, possibly Matías Romero.
Opening of Hospital entitled Hospital Riva Palacio.
Differences between Congreso General and Legislatura of Mexico over tax on lottery; opinion of the Junta Directiva of the Toluca-Mexico-Cuautitlán railroad; error in printing; Martínez de la Torre; Martínez de la Concha; Diario Oficial; printing of lottery tickets.
Mules and burros stolen at Llano de Doña Juana and recovered; robbers from San Mateo Texcalyacac.
Death of José María Riva Palacio; Ruperto Rivera appointed paymaster for Camino de las Barrancas in Manzanillo; bond held by José [María] Riva Palacio; flight of Rivera with shortage of $3,000; investigation by Promotor; recovery for the Tesorería General de la Nación. Includes draft of answer, Toluca, December 20; death of son without personal property.
Failure of Administración de rentas to collect the Contribución personal; lack of funds for payment of teachers; request that collection be handled by the
Letter taken to the Imprenta de Palacio for printing; distribution among members of the Legislatura; list of authors of texts for the school; co-ordination with the Instituto.
Promise to employ man recommended by Riva Palacio; Captain García; size of maps; patriotic pride in making good maps; topographical plan of area between Cañada de Huisquilucan to Cañada de San Luis Ayucá[n] by brother Eleuterio and by Sánchez; horizontal section by Iglesias and Martín; map from México to Tlalnepantla and to San Bartolo Naucalpan by Calderón and Ochoa; Cuautitlán station drawn by Emilio Dondé; plans for stations in Toluca, México, San Bartolo, Tlalnepantla, and Atzcapotzalco completed; cost calculations; Luis.
French Packet; Army of the Loire defeated; departure of Trouchu (?) from Paris; Prussian victories.
Return from Puebla; American packet; French defeat by Prussians at Amiens; Paladines in South; Trouchu; evacuation of Paris; Manteuffeld captures Rouen; Russia peaceful.
Sánchez Solís; arrangements for free education of poor children dependent on vacancies.
Delivery of bonds to Mañón y Valle for signature; signatures of Junta directiva; decree on lottery; Fuentes y Muñiz; Luisita.
Efforts of Andra to find work; shortage of money in District of Chalco; rumored change in judges; lack of business locally.
Remission of fine on Fábrica de la Colmena for Catholic religious activity; Juan Manuel García; preaching by priests against Fábrica de San Ildefonso, which hires Protestants.
Transmittal of copies of printed letter; efforts of trouble-makers to interfere with work of Congress; Escuela Preparatoria.
Death of Bandido Pablo Zamora during capture; effort to capture him alive; discovery of mutiny prepared in the Guardia de Seguridad pública during the fair in Zumpahuacán; prisoners sent to Toluca; Comandante Vargas; Tonatico.
Poor health of Riva Palacio; receipt of coin; preparation of exhibit of coins in “estudio Pompeyano”; surrender of editorship of
Lic. Luis G. de la Sierra to present argument; location of Hacienda de Boyahá between Jilotepec(?) and Abasolo; property of Luisa Martínez de Uribe; problem of jurisdiction; Juez Letrado de Ixtlahuaca; Municipalidad de Chalco and Texcoco; Villa del Carbón in District of Jilotepec; Jocotitlán; Jiquipilco in District of Ixtlahuaca; decision of December 22, 1859; new period since December 22, 1868; Melchor Carrasco; request for delay in payments.
Saturnino(?); illness of Riva Palacio; use of
Discovery of election plot organized by Zúñiga, José Álvarez, and José Infante; election for Ayuntamiento; use of colored ballots; imprisonment of offenders; Presidente Uribe; delay in elections; candidacy of Zacarías Carrillo.
Effort to obtain fair elections; success of Luis Garduño Agüero.
Examinations for students of district; Dosamantes, Jefe político in time of Martínez de la Concha; Rancho del Peral; organization of “Unidos distritos de Riva Palacio”; Muñiz; Cruz.
Sota Riva; investigation of lottery tickets; Junta Directiva of the Toluca railroad; Dublán; Méndez; Martínez de la Torre; meeting of Junta General de Accionistas; regulations not submitted; Lacuesta; profile and estimate for first 10 kilometers submitted by Méndez.
Recommendation by Governor of the District, Francisco A. Vélez; travel to Toluca; Vicente; experience as paymaster of Pedro García in Monte de las Cruces until February, 1869; service as paymaster for Cuerpo de Caballería Rifleros de Zaragoza in Guadalajara under Colonel León Ugalde; revolt of troops December 30; defeat at Lo de Ovejo; release under amnesty; request for post with new railroad or with the administration of lottery as bookkeeper; I. Altamirano; J. M. del Castillo Velasco. Address: Calle del Coliseo Viejo No. 21, Fábrica de bragueros. Has 12-centavo stamp.
Barajas; meeting of committee with Bengoa and Dublán; illness of Isidoro; regulation of lottery; illness of Torre; plans for part of railroad and for stations between Mexico and Toluca; Méndez; Guadalupita.
Long dispute between Santa Ana Jilotzingo and Santiago Tlazala; delays by Juez Lic. Zubieta during illness of Riva Palacio; Don Pedro [Escudero?] to leave Cádiz on English ship; transfer to American ship for visit to Mérida and arrival in Veracruz.
Terreros; Sota Riva; elections in Mexico; support of Benito [Juárez]; request for documents on Federal constitutional law; duty assumed of compiling public laws; present necessity of citing laws of
Letter from Madrid; the coming election crisis; habit of repatriates of lauding Europe over Mexico.
Request for report on status of petition of December 15.
Ayuntamiento elections [UNK] Texcoco; cause of quarrel between Sheridan and Álvarez and Zúñiga; election [UNK]; recommendation of Lic. San Román.
French defeat; [UNK] of Paris postponed.
Appointments of Juez Constitucional de Primera Instancia; consideration for Tribunal Superior de Justicia by the Legislature.
Preparation for opening road to Zumpahuacán and Malinalco; list of towns and ranches, and haciendas along the route; Amacuzac; road from Iguala; Santa María; San Gaspar; Cuadrilla de Michapa in Guerrero; bridge needed at Zumpahuacán; road Malinalco to Tierra Caliente; Hacienda de Miacatlán; Ranchería del Guarda; Hacienda de Jalmolonga; Ranchería de Palpa; Hacienda de Miacatlán in Morelos; towns San Sebastián and [UNK] Nicolás; Malinalco.
Order of Secretario General to continue payment of salaries; Sección de Hacienda; income from Contribución personal.
Valdespino Figueroa recommended for position with lottery; release of López Monroy; printing of tickets; regulations for lottery; return of signed bonds; Ignacio Mañón y Valle.
Removal from
Meeting with Ambrosio Molina, Jefe político of Cuautitlán; agreement to accept position held by Colonel Cruz.
Meeting with Ignacio González of Zumpango; offer accepted; Verdiguel in Tlalnepantla; “Distritos unidos de Riva Palacio”; unfounded rumors of revolution.
Receipt of instructions for Exposition; article in