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 15: January-June 1871 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
Juan Jaymes sent to fill quota in Federal Army; accused of robbery; corrective action recommended.
Discussion with Terreros on hacienda; prices quoted; debts to María Isabel Gándara, Sra. Garrido, and to Riva Palacio; income from coal, firewood, pastures,, milk, and grain crops; payrolls.
Delay in gathering Junta of towns involved in drainage of La Laguna; installation of new ayuntamientos; transfer of archives.
Regulations for the Railroad company; Junta directiva unable to meet; Martínez de la Torre absent; Dublán's absence; illness of wife of Juárez; Valle.
Receipt of $1,000 from Riva Palacio as executor for Godoy; check indorsed to Felipe Estévez of Toluca; departure because of revolution; request for aid in clearing debt; includes draft of answer, Mexico, January 4, 1871, indicating proper procedure.
Complaint against Jefe político by Ayuntamiento de Zumpango de la Laguna; mistreatment of Indians by González; punishment of Jefe in Texcoco; Nolasco Cruz; Margarita; Palma; Josefina; new home.
Election of new Ayuntamiento in Zumpango. Has draft of answer.
Request for temporary continuance in position; Colonel Francisco Limón.
Death of Margarita Juárez.
Band reported in district; report of Muñoz; Funes sent to Ixtapaluca to watch District of Texcoco; danger of “levantamiento comunista” reported at Chimalhuacán; robbery reported by Alcalde de Juchi; loss of poultry, blankets, and a deer.
Help in the railroad project; Luisita; notice on lottery sent to the Junta; letter from Mañón y Valle on the bonds; illness of Martínez de la Torre; Monroy; Saavedra.
Letters from Ezequiel García; praise for Riva Palacio.
Arrival of Cosío's band; fight with troops of Téllez; theft of horses and guns; loan requested; Cosío reported in Ameca, awaiting Jiménez from Ozumba and Aureliano; Cuautenampa(?).
Bombardment of Paris reported via San Luis Potosí.
Limón made executor of Decree 52 of the Legislature, December 23, returning the seat of government; Asamblea municipal.
Death of Margarita; Ministro de Gobernación; Santacilia; Dublán.
Long delay in payment of pension as Magistrado de la Suprema Corte de Justicia; request for position in a “Magistratura del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia”; Juzgado de Letras not suitable.
Meeting of Junta; changes in rules for the Toluca railroad company.
Help in the problem with Ayuntamiento de Zumpango; aid requested by committee of Indian Protestants from Cocotitlán; Protestantism accepted in Chalco District as a means of protesting against priests; Villagelin; comparison with Catholic situation in England; Luteranos; spirit of the political reform; Margarita; “Domingo de Ramo.”
Alcabala de Jesús del Monte; injustice of demands from Juzgado de Letras in Tlalnepantla; request for return of copy of article on Maximilian for publication in
Request for escort for Wenceslao González, Deputy for Michocán.
Revision of rules for the Compañía del Ferrocarril; new meeting of Junta needed; Mañón; Saavedra; lottery awaiting action by Juárez; Luisita.
Revision of rules for Railroad Company; monopoly avoided; interest on loans; Martínez de la Torre; purchase of shares encouraged; directors appointed by the State; Dublán; action on lottery by President delayed by death; placed in first line of business by Ministro Saavedra.
Encouragement of public instruction; Circular No. 2; Decree No. 60.
Meetings with Vicente in Madrid; difference in climate; visit to Murcia; progress with home for girls; progress of railroad to Toluca; mail delayed by war in France; Prado; visit to grandparents' home; living conditions of small landholders; similarity with Mexico; heavy dependence on government; Pedro Escudero; the Franco-Prussian war; suffering in Paris; Bismarck; assassination of General Prim; new king in Madrid; indifference of Seville; Isabel; Barajas.
Recovery of damages during War of Intervention suffered by Antonio Gutiérrez of Michoacán; son allowed scholarship in Escuela Preparatoria.
Fermín Miranda to be Escribano in Texcoco; service in Juzgado de Distrito in Toluca.
Expression of appreciation.
Appointment as Juez del registro público for the district; hope to continue in Juzgado de Primera Instancia under appointment by Superior Tribunal.
New system of tax for public instruction; arrangements with Administrador de Rentas and with Alcaldes de las Municipalidades.
Co-operation with decrees No. 60 and 61.
Receipt of law on Contribución personal and on public instruction; co-operation with Administrador de Rentas; check with Ayuntamientos of district.
Use of Contribución personal for public instruction; letters to Ayuntamientos for correction of
Decision in Fuentes case postponed by President for discussion with Ministro de Hacienda; acknowledgement of services during President's residence in the United States during French Invasion; information requested by periodical
Co-operation with new law; inspection of Municipalidades de Tejupilco y Otzoloapan.
Receipt of Law on Public Instruction and Contribución personal; work with Ayuntamientos.
Co-operation with Decrees No. 60 and 61 on Contribución personal and public instruction.
Report from Colegio de Niñas; arrangements for girls to be sent to the school.
Decree No. 60; co-operation with law for public instruction; copies of law requested; Juntas calificadoras.
Laws on Contribución personal and public instruction; co-operation of Jefes políticos and Ayuntamientos; arrangements for girls to go to Colegio de niñas.
Scholarship for son of Antonio Gutiérrez; resignation as Ministro de Relaciones; return to Court.
Colegio de Niñas established; Decrees 60 and 61; offer of Felipe V. Robertson of Fábrica de Miraflores to support two students.
Meeting of Junta to implement Circular No. 2 and Decrees No. 60 and 61; disagreement with article in No. 4 of
Lottery not to be approved unless all income goes to railroad construction; Dublán; state decree for Banco de Avío voided; request for Riva Palacio to come to intervene personally with Juárez; Barajas.
Departure of Sheridan; arrival of bandit group; robbery of Espejo's tailor shop near the jail; assault on
Approval of lottery awaited; approval of shareholders; approval of revised rules; disapproval of Reyes; Luisita; San Nicolás.
Local habit of creating difficulties for officials from outside; use of water from municipal streams; pursuit of bandits in Laureles, Santo Tomás.
News from American sources; Bourbaki and Garibaldi defeated; Chanzy defeated; Mezières defeated; Péronne; bombardment of Paris; bombs falling in Luxemburg gardens.
Watermark: Lacroix Frères.
Receipt of
Acceptance of Decrees 60 and 61 by the Municipalidades; activity of Villa Guerrero; preparation of new
Agreement with Jefe político concerning State of Morelos; work on road from Zumpahuacán; Sultepec.
Implementation of Decree No. 60 for Contribución personal to be used for public instruction; correction of
Barajas; Fuentes Muñiz; difficulty in finding camera for reducing map of Railroad; cost of photograph and lithographing; map of station at Cuautitlán; route via Lerma; length of tunnel; trip to Toluca.
Pedro del Valle, Treasurer of the railroad company; Dublán; bonds sent to Mañón; delayed permit for lottery; insistence on use of all income from lottery for the railroad; Luisita.
Enmity of the Ayuntamiento; unnecessary expenses incurred; drawing of the jail; Colonel Limón to see Governor.
English news; refugees from Paris; Lenzon (?) occupied; William proclaimed Emperor at Versailles.
Conditions for lottery given by Dublán; use of all proceeds for railroad; Banco de avío; meeting of Junta; Coat of arms of Toluca.
Existence of three political divisions in Congress;
Complaint of Nicolás Martínez of San Gaspar; imprisonment indicated.
Recommendation for Madrid over Manero; comparison of personal qualities.
Illness with brain fever.
Copy of section from
Request for aid against bandits.
Agreement of Manero to work with Madrid in case of election.
Duties as Deputy from Mexico; bad situation in Villa del Valle.
Death of her husband Andrés Varela.
Regulations approved by Junta; Pedro del Valle, Martín Bengoa and Torre elected to guarantee governmental requirements for the lottery. Includes copy of the Acta:
Annual fair; patrol of road in company of Ruperto Millán, Diputado de la Unión, and Rafael Espinosa, Diputado del Estado, to help Jefe político Ezequiel García; problem of potable water from Ixtapan running through property under control of Juan Rogel, executor for Padre Don Manuel Nava; Coatepec Harinas.
Adolfo recommended for teaching position; letter by Alejo; Luis; meeting of
Death of Gómez Gallardo; application for position as Administrador de Tlalnepantla.
Introduction to Engineer Bruno Aguilar; transmittal of project for iron foundry. Includes project:
Return of case of Juan Vallejo to Juan Francisco; inability of lawyer to understand situation; sale of land by Ayuntamiento de Chalco; claim for compensation; land released to State by the Gobierno General; request for rest of papers in case; request of Ayuntamiento de Chalco for return of budget; return to Morelos legislature.
Arrangement with Verdiguel for equal pay for Manero and Madrid; Madrid to be Contador.
Receipt of appointment; aid of Verdiguel and Zubieta; meeting with Madrid.
Appointment of Francisco Manero as Administrador de Rentas, replacing Jose Ceferino Gómez Gallardo.
Meeting of Ayuntamiento in house of Rafael Lara; desire of Lara to recover position as Juez de Letras; request by officials to obtain position of Jefe político for him; petition planned.
Illness of Jefe político; poisoning charged by residents of Almoloya; effort of Almoloya to carry away Barrueta; charges refuted by doctor; map of jail; election of Diputados de Minería; Ley orgánica of April 21, 1868 violated; reports to Ignacio Cienfuegos.
Recommendation for Colonel Benito Yenca (Ierres? Lerres?).
Dissension in Santiago Tianguistengo over election of Alcalde primero; conciliation efforts; absence from Junta for drainage of La Laguna.
Dissension in Zumpango between Ayuntamiento and Jefe político; Indian movement rumored under protection of the Ayuntamiento; request resignation of Cruz not be accepted.
Use of leave allowed by Tabera to seek new position; departure from San Antonio; care of the hacienda; advice on seeking new job; Santa Cruz not advised.
Receipt of appointment to new post; prizes given in Cámara de Diputados for Escuelas Nacionales; post in Escuela Preparatoria.
Trinidad Ávalos; appointment of Adolfo; tertulia de Micaela; dress of Lupe described; “color de Bismarck”; “encajes de Goipura”; use of jewels; Don Domingo; Chata Espinosa; candidacy of Porfirio Díaz to be proclaimed; Goytia and Ramón Guzmán compared; Concha.
Meeting of Junta general of the Railroad Company; election of Torre, Valle, Martínez de la Torre, Bengoa, and Prado; substitutes Rosas, Fernández, Terreros, Goribar, and González; discussion of bond for the lottery; celebration of anniversary of the Constitution; Rafael Castro mentioned as secretary.
Arrival of French captain from Orleans, leaving the Mississippi; surrender of Paris.
Attacks on Almoloya, Tenancingo, and El Valle by Montes de Oca with impunity; attack on Ixtlahuaca; support rumored to come from men of wealth; information reported to him via Felipe Armas of the Secretaría del Congreso; request for meeting with trusted official.
Appointments received by Manero and Madrid.
Influence used with Yáñez; trip to Mexico required; illness of father.
Uprising expected at Las Cruces; countermeasures; conspiracy in the capital.
Application for position as Administrador de Rentas in Tlalnepantla; certificates from Agustín Salazar, Administrador de Rentas in [Toluca], Ángel Manuel Martínez, and Ignacio de la Barrera, Administrador principal de rentas in Mexico; José María López Monroy.
Escort to Colimilla; stagecoach to Toluca; danger from bandits.
Approval of rules for the Railroad Company; meeting of Junta General; consideration of bond for lottery; Dublán; Luisita. Has copy of Acta:
Protest against opposition to his father in El Valle; need for better discipline.
Junta called in Ixtapan over water rights; Jefe Político of Coatepec; Ruperto; Espinosa; suggestion of Rogel.
Watermark illegible.
Resignation; failure of efforts to gain students for the girls' school; girls from poorer families suggested; comparison with policy at the Instituto Literario.
News from Tabasco; all departments surrender except Marseilles; supplies sent to Paris by William; Gambetta ousted.
Co-operation of security forces for pursuit of bandits; trial by arresting authorities recommended.
Request of Administrador de Rentas in Sultepec to be transferred to same position in Tlalnepantla to replace Gómez Gallardo, deceased; Hacienda de Jalmolonga fined for not resisting bandits; long history or aid to dissidents.
Circular No. 3 implemented; increased collection of taxes; new
Pleasure at hearing of French pride humbled; new illness.
Explanation of ideas expressed in earlier letter; difficulty of father's position; new road from Morelia to Mezquital.
Receptores de las Municipalidades exhorted to comply with Circular No. 3; increased collection of taxes; the alcabala; Decrees No. 60 and 61; Ignacio Mañón y Valle.
Conference with Lic. Villalobos on problem in Cuamatla and Parangueo; possible solution by trading local rights for houses in Mexico; opposition of Martínez de la Torre; advice of Castillo.
Explanation of previous letter; request for recommendation for position in the Dirección del Ferrocarril; influence with Dublán and Martínez de la Torre; experience in bookkeeping; study of English; service in Ejército de Oriente.
Lottery in Mexico to furnish funds for railroad from Mexico to Toluca; Pablo M. González recommended for position with the company; opposition to lotteries.
Appointment as Administrador de rentas in Tlalnepantla refused; previous application for position in Villa del Valle recommended by Agustín Salazar and turned down in favor of Carlos Campos, in 1859.
Implementation of Circular No. 3 with aid of the Jefe político; collection of Contribución personal; refusal of Receptor and Jefe político in Zacualpam to aid, urging return of Román Ortega to office.
Reports that Limantour has new project involving El Desierto; Juez Lic. Rivera to replace Limantour; Ruperto.
Efforts to increase tax collection; losses in revenue expected because of fairs in Ameca and Chalco; loss of alcabala; new
Approval of lottery in Ministry; appointments by Isidoro; Manuel Ituarte promised place by Saavedra; maps of area photographed; Barajas.
Watermark: Lacro[] Frères[].
New problem of ownership of land between residents of Chimalhuacán and Hacienda de Coxtitlan (Costitlán); support of Academia de Jurisprudencia.
Return of official communication with suggested change.
Request by Ignacio Chávez for position with Gendarmerie or other office; service as captain of cavalry.
Continued differences between officials of Lerma and town of Tarasquillo (?); efforts to separate from Lerma; los Montoya; La Ciénega.
Recommendation for Ignacio Cháves; loss of house when occupied by troops of General Díaz during siege of Mexico.
Guarantee set up by Torre, Valle, and Bengoa; delay in lottery approval; new version of contract with 8-year life; approval of Dublán; appointment of employees by Junta; Viviano Beltrán to be secretary; Sota Riva; application of León Rojas suspended; Bruno Aguilar's plan for iron foundry; manufacture of rails; plan to be shown Junta Directiva; spirit of enterprise in country awakening; Luisita. Includes note, unsigned, apparently by Muñoz Ledo, Toluca, February 21, 1871; employment of Sota Riva as Contador and Fort as Treasurer.
Permit for lottery in Diario Oficial; percentages for use of railroad; Isidro; Dublán; changes recommended; appointment of Interventor; limitation in time; Lic. Viviano Beltrán appointed secretary; Leandro Cuevas; Papel Sellado; Barbedillo; José M. Bros. Includes note by Muñoz Ledo, Toluca, February 21, 1871; approving actions taken.
Recommendation for Francisco Calderón, Deputy from Mexico State.
Request for cancellation of tax for poor and aged farmers.
Recommendation for promotion of Jefe político Lic. Pérez to Juzgado de primera instancia de Temascaltepec.
Elimination of Cabecilla Pablo Zamora and appearance of Nicolás Martínez of San Gaspar; operations in Morelos and Guerrero; cattle at San Gaspar to be collected; residents from Coatlan del Río, Cocoyotla, and Cacahuamilpa to come and identify stolen animals.
Protest against injustice toward residents of Nextlalpan; question of exemption of land from Ley de Desamortización; petition laid before Jefatura de Zumpango de la Laguna and before Legislature of State of Mexico; signers jailed.
Study of war in Paris; departure for Brussels; travel in Switzerland and Italy planned; travel to Paris; courtesy of the Prussians; delay at Orleans over passports; high indemnity demanded by Prussia; poor time to declare republic; comparison with situation in Spain; disaster at Sedan; Orleanistas; legitimistas; Rojos; revolt of republican deputies; election of Thiers, Ernesto Picard, and Julio Fabre; Conde de Paris; republicans' loss of power; possible recall of Duque de Chambord or Conde de París; possible civil war; charges against Bazaine and Trochu; charges of treason against Fabre in
Introduction for Felipe Campusano; claim of persecution by Jefe político de Temascaltepec; accusations of outlawry; request for justice.
Delays in delivery of lithographs of railroad line and sketches of station plans; unfilled promises by Salazar and Casanova; possible distribution of maps after distribution of the Memoria.
Marriage into family of Manuel Terreros.
Agreement on policy against bandits sent to the Jefes políticos.
Introduction for José Azcona; policy of the Ayuntamiento of his town criticized.
Agreement with State of Mexico forwarded by Governor Miguel Lira y Ortega.
American and English packets; peace concluded; Havana.
Negotiations with Castillo; representative sent to examine hacienda; Villalobos; Martínez, Tula. Includes list:
Request for copy of Ley Orgánica of April, 1868; address: Calle antigua de Santa Teresa No. 4; use by Tribunal de Circuito.
Meeting of Junta to discuss maps by Santiago; lottery trickets printed by Escalante; headquarters set up in house belonging to Juárez on Calle de Tiburcio; furniture; administrative details.
San Juan Teotihuacán recommended as seat of government for Distrito de Otumba by Diputado Ángel de la Cueva.
Watermark: Lacroix Frères.
Interview with Torre on return from Río Hondo; methods of paying
English packet in Tampico; peace signed by Thiers and Bismarck; France to lose Alsace-Lorraine, Metz, Nancy, and to pay indemnity.
Packet in Veracruz; no confirmation of peace treaty.
Meeting in connection with Asociación Filantrópica; loss of silver shipment through action of Governor Trinidad García de la Cadena; employment as Oficial Mayor; plan of Sociedad de Querétaro to extend its services and obtain funds by means of a lottery; advice sought on basis of lottery for the Mexico railroad.
Delay in preparation of reports by Secretario Viviano Beltrán; San Nicolás and the drainage project; Luisita. Includes list of expenses:
Harmonious work with Manero; tax collection; rumor of governor's resignation.
Notice of leave approved by State Legislature for reasons of health. Address: Cinco de Mayo No. 3.
Refusal of State Legislature to allow appointment of representative for settling problem of state boundaries or state debt by consultation with Mexico and Hidalgo; appointment of Lynch.
Loss felt by the district at the departure of Riva Palacio on health leave; possible resignation.
Service of father Lic. Pedro P. Alamillo as Juez Letrado; career as Mining Engineer; work for Carlos Mairesse y Cia.; request for position with higher salary; references by Pomposo Arriola, Tagle, and Lic. Casasola; Lic. Barbabosa; cousins Lic. Modesto and Manuel Valle of the Hacienda de Tiacaque.
Record of leave allowed in message to the President of the Tribunal de Justicia.
Leave granted by the Legislature; Lic. Valentín Gómez to be governor.
Sick leave granted by Legislature; Poder Ejecutivo of State transferred to Presidente del Tribunal de Justicia Valentin Gómez Tagle.
Leave granted by Legislature for replacement by Valentín Gómez Tagle.
Government of state turned over to Presidente del Tribunal superior de Justicia Lic. Valentín Gómez.
Departure of Sánchez; headship of Instituto assumed; bill on lottery sent to Legislature; publication of the
Regrets at departure of Riva Palacio.
Case against Ramón Torres for assault on Spaniard Ángel Crespo; case against José María Hernández and José Gregorio for theft of burros.
Leave granted by Legislature; Poder Ejecutivo turned over to Lic. Valentín Gómez, President of the Tribunal Superior.
Panteón de San Fernando; Calle de Tiburcio.
Receipt of letters from Toluca; removal from office; General Berriozábal; reply to Presidente del Club de Toluca; Districts of Zumpango and Cuautitlán praised by governor; regret over surrender of office.
Removal from office announced by Francisco Mejía to Manuel Infante; letter from Manuel Bandera to José Álvarez; Álvarez to be Jefe político on return from Toluca; resignation; Zomera.
Maps for railroad received; books received from Payno; lithograph delivered by Méndez; request from Teodoro. Flores; Bulman; data sent to Moral; more copies of maps needed; payment for lithographs; $50 from Garay for maps of drainage works; printing of the
Printing of the
Services with Vicente; opposition of Lic. Martínez de la Concha, Cañedo, and Castañeda; request for position.
Delay in publication of the
Floods on Río de Tlalnepantla in 1868; effect on San Bartolo and Santiago; need for flood control works; flood in Barrios de San Lorenzo, San Francisco, Santa María, San Mateo, Ixtacala, and San Lucas or Santiaguito; Aguirre de la Barrera; danger to public health; facts presented to Ministro de Fomento; Puente de San Antonio de Cuyo; Engineer Herrera; stone wall on ranch of Lic. Aguirre demolished; flooding of national highway; laborers furnished by the haciendas.
Mejía; General Riva Palacio; Ruperto; Barrueta removed from Sultepec District; Lic. Lara removed from Villa del Valle; uniforms for troops.
Collection of tax on inheritance from Atilano Sánchez; provisions of will; tax to be used for public instruction; publication of notice in
Engineer sent by Ministerio de Fomento to study river; Zubieta; suit proposed by towns of San Pedro Jaloxtoc and Santa Clara of Municipalidad de Ecatepec over a
Visit to river with Engineer Ignacio de la Peña y Barragán and Eduardo Franco; plan for laborers and tools; agreement of the Ayuntamiento.
Copies of
Fire in Aduana vieja, near Casa de Diligencias; epidemic of sore throats and fever; illness of Felicitas; return of Vicente; Josefina; Lupe; Barajas.
Receipt of copy of the
Clipping from
Resistance to Empire; illness with brain disease; removal from office in Secretaría de Inspección General de Policía by General Francisco Vélez for support of Lic. Juan José Baz; Russian baths prescribed; return of Vicente; request for help.
Minutes of Junta directiva transmitted; printing of tickets for lottery; withdrawal of Monroy from San Nicolás for his health; difficulty with laborers; drainage of Laguna de Lerma; Jesús Vázquez employed.
Copy of speech sent via Administrador de Jilotepec Escobar; celebration of holiday in Alameda; discussion of speech; junta patriótica; speech printed in
Watermark: Joynson 1867.
Arrival of Barajitas; Pepe Cosío Pontones; Elenita(?).
Barroeta replaced by Cuaglia as Prefecto de Sultepec on order of Zomera; Agustín Lozano; letter to Castillo Velasco; appeal sent by Municipalidades del Distrito de Sultepec in protest; protest by President of the Republic; request for new appointment.
Possible candidacy of Riva Palacio for presidency; Lerdo held up as leading candidate under Gómez Cuervo; arrival of General Corona to support Juárez; support of [Jesús L.] Camarena; Juárez supported by officials only; popular opposition to Juárez; operation of flour mill.
Removal of Major in Gendarmerie referred to Ministro de la Guerra; request for Trujillo to remain in post; undesirability of replacement sent by Minister of War; pronunciamiento with Rosario Aragón and experience in Cerros del Sur with bands; undesirability of having Spanish Jefe político and Spanish Chief of Gendarmes; Benito Sánchez to discuss problem; Berriozábal; Juan Francisco. Includes inclosure:
Request for support of Ayuntamiento de Zumpango in case against Jefe político Pedro Nolasco Cruz; Cruz' objection to Indians in Ayuntamiento.
Travel to Jajalpa without incident; reports of
Congratulations on return to governor's duties; experience in Conservative Party and in his military career; stand in coming elections to be explained by secretary Orozco.
Return of Riva Palacio; assurance of free elections.
Appointment as Jefe político by Interim governor Zomera y Piña; removal of Guerra; previous service in Huejutla, Zumpango, and Zimapán; reorganization of the Ministerio de Hacienda.
Political crisis to last until July; Fermín Miranda; employment requested.
Legal suits over land titles in Tlalnepantla and elsewhere; legality of land titles; Tierras de repartimiento; re-evaluation of land titles; claim by Ayuntamiento de Ecatepec; Colonel Sixto López recommended to replace Nolasco Cruz in Zumpango; decision to run for public office; comparison with Juárez.
Political calm in district; recommendation by Berriozábal; impartiality in elections.
Freedom of elections assured; vigilance over public safety.
Strict observance of the law assured.
Objection to employment of Vidaurrazaga; circular letter to go to Presidentes municipales.
Receipt of circular letter on public security during election crisis.
Poverty of local treasury and residents; lack of good seed; free elections assured in presidential race.
Increased collection of taxes.
Free elections assured; watch over public security.
Settlement of Vidaurrazaga affair; inspection of the Ayuntamientos; visit to Monte Alto; aid of Eulalio Núñez; suits brought by towns of Santiago and Santa Ana; influence of Sabás Iturbide in Atizapán; circular letter.
Legal suits by towns of Tlapacoya [near Ixtapaluca] and Chalco; boundaries of hacienda at Buenavista and Cerro de Tlapacoya; drainage of two haciendas; opposition to cleaning of drainage ditches; protection of Jesuits; danger of floods on roads; frequent robberies; wharf at San Juan in need of cleaning; work suspended by order of Juez municipal de Chalco Solís; question of boundaries of La Compañía; bridge at Río de Tlalmanalco in need of repair; engineers' estimates for repair; increase in robber bands; vagabonds suspected.
Funds for public instruction not transferred by predecessor; payment asked by teachers; responsibility of Carlos O. Sheridan.
Free elections assured; Public security guarded during election crisis.
Funds in
Free sale of lottery tickets for railroad in Puebla; circulation prohibited by authorities; intervention with Governor and Legislature of Puebla; need for railroad to Toluca and Cuautitlán; fast sale of tickets reported.
Telegraph communication impaired; arrival of Vicente in Veracruz; Pedro Martín; Lic. Herrera from Cuamatla to seek conference with Martínez de la Torre; papers from Ministerio de Hacienda to be sent; Juan Francisco to deliver the papers; railroad lottery tickets purchased by Sra. Solís.
Juan Francisco; telegram from Mariano Aguilar; Riva resting in Orizaba en route to Puebla; arrival of Emilio Pardo on boat with Riva; illness of Sra. Mariscal; travel to Palmar and Puebla; Antonino to go to Puebla; trip to Tepexpa[n] by train; Martínez; Apizaco; Poncho; Vicente; Mañón.
Arrival of Vicente; Apizaco; Pacheco; American packet; street fight; marriage of Concha Pimentel; love affair of one of the Bastos with a daughter of Pancho Castro; Santa Anna's nephew; arrival of Archbishop with fanfare; Mañón; Soledad; Zavala, father-in-law of Goribar. Includes note in hand of Josefina: Visits from Martínez, Antonio Escandón; trip to Apizaco with Martínez to meet Vicente; Auza's sale of horses to Lic. Fuentes.
Emilio Lynch Zaldívar to represent state in settling debt and boundaries; communication lines.
Certificate from Porfirio Díaz of participation in Siege of Puebla in 1862; exemption from Contribución personal; slowness of the Administrador de Rentas; speedy action for Diputado Carlos Alcántara; “guantes de Juvin”; request for aid.
Difficulties with the Ayuntamiento; meeting suggested with President, Síndico, and Secretary of the Ayuntamiento; possible resignation; replacement by Jefe político de Cuautitlán.
Praise of the
Escort of General [Vicente Riva Palacio].
Arrival; Aguilar.
Vigilance over vagabonds; political crisis; Gendarmerie in towns.
Planned trip to Pachuca to work for Lerdo held up; danger from Gobierno General and from Governor Tagle of the state; possible charge of involvement in the Guerra Socialista.
Delay in inspection trip to the Municipalidades and Municipios of the district until after elections; disadvantage of being a
Incident at Hacienda de Jaltepec, Municipalidad de San Felipe del Obrage; pursuit of robbers at Jaltepec; increase in assaults blamed on approaching elections; criminals not punished in Zitácuaro; topographic location and attitude of residents of San Felipe; armed force needed; Gendarmerie garrison.
Request of Bernabé Zamarripa for state guarantee of property rights in Mina de Ánimas in Temascaltepec; fear of revolution and of denunciation.
Decisions of Junta Directiva transmitted by Cejudo; report by Salceda; Ruano; temptation to abandon drainage project; influence of Riva Palacio for continuing work; bridge of Temoaya (?); meeting of Junta del Ferrocarril; Cuevas; the lottery; difficulty of sale of tickets in Puebla; Dublán; Luisita.
Criticism of Cañedo in Tlalnepantla; character and policy; his Spanish origin; Gendarmes used as bodyguards; danger of bloodshed.
Meeting with Martínez; his illness; Castillo; Villalobos; alcabalas; Dosamantes; López Monroy; arancel; includes unsigned sheet dealing with property of Lic. José M. Godoy; sale of Hacienda de San Pedro Cuamatla to be avoided; need to pay loan by Gregorio de Mier; sale offered to Manuel F. del Castillo, representative of Sra. Teresa Mier; salary for José M. López; list of equipment with Lic. Francisco Villalobos; Saldívar.
Departure of Vicente to report on Europe; publication of article on the
Arrival of Vicente; decree allowing a New York company to conduct a Gran Lotería nacional; request for recommendation to the President and Castillo Velasco to be appointed Interventor.
Acceptance of office offered; approval of Tuñón Cañedo; house rented and alfalfa planted.
Request for interview.
Public welcome for Riva Palacio; Mañón; danger from Baco; discussion of budget unpopular with Juaristas; J. J. Baz removed from platform by writer and Lozano; Tirios; Trayanos; Juarists' proposal to exclude from deputies' race all who served the Empire; budget defended by Mariscal; Baranda; weak discussion by Castillo Velasco; Mejía called Demóstenes del gobierno; Blas; Romero characterized; Guadalupe.
Transmittal of copy of
Reminder of unanswered communication from Ministerio de Gobernación concerning Echeverría.
Report on disorders; Hilario García accused of fomenting trouble; study of causes of the uprisings.
Alcalde, Síndico, and Secretary of the Ayuntamiento en route to see Governor, all from Zumpango de la Laguna; investigation of case against Jefe político Nolasco Cruz.
Publication on railroads with narrow gauge (new edition); distribution in Toluca; arrival of Vicente; lottery contract given
Lic. Ignacio L. Vallarta appointed Governor of Jalisco; imitation of administration of Mexico State; request for copy of
Introduction for Arnaldo Sutter, Swiss, miner from Sultepec, en route to Toluca.
Pursuit of rebels and co-operation with neighboring districts; maintenance of public order.
Residence planned in Distrito de Temascaltepetl for work in mines; recommendation for Sultepec; Dolores Díaz.
Pursuit of criminals with Limón; meeting with Nuñez in Acambay or Temascalcingo.
Bandits to be pursued by Prefectos of Zitácuaro and Maravatío; permission to cross state boundaries.
Bandit attack on Santo Tomás frustrated by warning to District of Zitácuaro; danger to Temascaltepec; pursuit with armed force; pay of troops.
Telegraph line to Maravatío; wire purchased in United States; cost of wood; size of posts; use of
Lic. Hipólito Ramírez; road building; patrolling by Gendarmes and
Delivery of book by Francisco Contreras;
Band led by José Sánchez in Distrito de Temascaltepec; pursuit by brother Juan; amnesty for Nicanor Gómez requested by Julián Pagaza; popular demand for amnesty for José and Trinidad Patiño and Juan Valencia; fight with Salinas brothers and Juan Almazán, part of a Catholic versus Mason fight; investigation by Juez 20. Conciliador; report by Carlos Campos.
Request for acknowledgement of bill for plans for Penitentiary; payment delayed for favorable moment.
Octaviano Guzmán of San Luis abducted; capture of criminals; recovery of stolen ox; flight of suspects to Mexico, Tlalpan, and Tacubaya; Churubusco; drunken attack on Guzmán; attack on his wife; prisoners turned over to Zubieta; suspects captured at Huisquilucan [Tlalnepantla District], and sent to Lerma.
Request for support of request for early meeting of commission to establish state boundaries; meeting in July suggested by Governor of Hidalgo.
Junta attended by Jefe político Ezequiel García, municipal authorities, Seguridad Pública, hacendados, and leading citizens; Tenancingo; support of Circular 32, August 17, 1868; Sultepec.
Purchase of estate by brother-in-law Manuel Álvarez Arispe; request for delay in payment of alcabala.
Request for back pay for Benito Valladares; work as Conciliador in Juzgado de Letras.
Abduction of José Hilario López of San Felipe; pursuit by General Kampfner with Tercer Cuerpo de Rurales and state police; criminals from Pachuca, Malpaís, and Apam; Cerro de Capula; Hacienda de la Concepción near Pachuca; release of López; Juez de Letras.
Escape of bandits to District of Temascaltepec; recruits from Subianos; refuge in Michoacán reported to Prefect of Zitácuaro; news from Santo Tómas reported to Colonel Limón; cost of armed force; loss of horses; money taken from Receptor de Rentas in Ixtapan; Francisco Arias appointed to lead defense.
Experience with General Guerrero; assistance to Riva Palacio in 1836 with his broken leg at Hacienda de la Compañía; request for recovery of rank of Colonel or recommendation to Hermanas de la Caridad.
Visit to Tecamac and Temascalapa to enforce Governor's instructions.
Recommendation for Colina, applicant for position in Limón's force; service with Nicolás Romero under Vicente.
Review of services to Riva Palacio, Pedro Escudero, and executor of Sra. Cortazar de Cervantes; Junta Directiva; meeting of hacendados and leading citizens; free elections.
Formation of Junta under Circular No. 32 by Martínez de la Concha in 1868 for pursuit of bandits.
Steps taken for persecution of bandits; meeting with Molina and Nolasco [Cruz] in Cuautitlán;
Promulgation of law on abductions.
Visit to all
Request for action by committee on state boundaries.
Cleaning of Río de Cuautitlán; Hacienda de San José; river cleaned by hacienda in Spanish times; agreement in April; 1760 between Juez de aguas and Superintendente del Real Desagüe Cosme de Mier y Trespalacios and Juan Fernández Acipreste with Gobernador alcalde y República del pueblo de Teoloyuca[n]; ditches for watering fields built by Acipreste; agreement by natives of Teoloyuca [n]; use of water denied Hacienda de San José by Teoloyuca in days of Reyes Veramendi; suit by Administrador José Pico Cerro; owner Vicente Eguía; order of Superior Gobierno to Pablo Obregón, “padre de los menores” to do cleaning or give up use of waters; difficulty of using forced labor; Supremas órdenes of May 28, 1851, February 21, 1855 on use of the water; orders of Dirección del Desagüe; State law of April 21, 1868; Ministro de Fomento; Berriozábal.
Ley de plagiarios; meeting of hacendados for enforcement of law.
Departure of Limón for Tejupilco in pursuit of bandits from Santo Tomás de los Plátanos and [San Carlos] Otzoloapan, District of Temascaltepec; origin in Zitácuaro; meeting for defense planning; opposition of residents of Almoloya; tardiness of Amatepec and Tlatlaya; Circular of August 17, 1868; elections.
Telegraphed orders; Ley de plagiarios to be obeyed.
Ley de plagiarios; law published in church; show used in Toluca;
Pursuit of bandits to Hidalgo State; Junta de Seguridad; results sent to Secretaría; article published in
Letter from Prefecto de Zitácuaro; Junta held to discuss provisions of the Circular; compliance in Sultepec and Villa del Valle.
Dublán; indecision about the railroad lottery; interference of lottery run by [New York] Company; comparison with drainage of La Laguna; Garay; decision to end project at Puente de San Bartolo; problem of Hacienda de San Nicolás; Cejudo.
Ley de plagiarios published in all Municipalidades; article in
Orders sent to Sáyago; meeting with authorities at Ixtapalucan; support by Cleto Palma, Ángel Villalpanda, and Félix Leiva; presence of “agentes de propaganda revolucionaria”; subversive work of Ignacio Cuéllar; reform needed in collection of municipal taxes in Chalco and in organization of the
Request for copy of the
Ayuntamiento suspended; alarm of Diputación permanente; purchase of lottery tickets; Santos; Mañón. Includes note by Josefina; Barajas; illness of Pepe Peña with typhus; liver ailment.
Difficulties of the political situation.
Request for decision in case of suit by Pueblo de Santa Ana Jilotzingo against Santiago Tlazala; delay by Lic. Zubieta, Juez de Tlalnepantla.
Possible purchase of Teatro Nacional; Rozas. Address: Puente Correo Mayor No. 3.
Guard system to be organized; Junta of hacendados to be held; independent attitude toward officials; approval of Veraza; bandits in district and in Temascaltepec; help from Otzoloapan; pursuit to Tingambato and Susupuato, District of Zitácuaro in Michoacán; protection requested for Lic. Lara; Sultepec.
Decision of Diputación concerning Ayuntamiento.
Ley de plagiarios; Regulations of the Gobierno General; co-operation with Jefe de Ixtlahuaca.
Reports required from alcaldes on abductions or robberies; free elections assured; support of Trejo refused; Junta general held in Municipalidades.
Death of District Governor Bustamante; J.J. Baz said to replace him; Governor of Michoacán imprisoned by Federal troops in Morelia; arrest of Jefe político in Morelia.
Governor Bustamante's death; Governor and Prefecto in Michoacán imprisoned by Federal force; Governor of Querétaro now a Lerdista.
Departure of Limón for Zitácuaro in pursuit of José Sánchez; help of residents of Santo Tomás and
Ley de plagiarios; regulations of Gobierno General; settlement of land dispute in Meyuca [Tenancingo District]; effort to obtain water for plain from
Letter delivered by Medina; all calm in Tampico; bands dispersed in South; rest of country calm.
Efforts to settle dispute between Santa Ana Jilotzingo and Santiago Tlazala; help of Verdiguel and Fuentes Muñiz; Ortega,
Request for escort for Toribio Bracho by troops in Arroyozarco from San Miguel Calpulalpam to San Juan del Río and return.
Transmittal of agreements from Santa Ana, San Pedro Atzcapotzaltongo, and San Bartolo Naucalpan; partial settlement of dispute in Tlazala; report by Manero; new illness; project for Palacio delayed by Rodríguez.
Reinforcements sent by General Kampfner; visit by General Negrete, Aureliano Rivera, Chavarría, José Cosío Pontones, Mayer, Carricarte, and Lic. Nara on invitation of Manuel García, Pablo Poso, and Trinidad Patiño; purpose of meeting not explained.
Denial of reports of his mixing in politics; list of candidates transmitted; watch for bands kept by Jefe político in Texcoco and Chalco.
Suit by Ayuntamiento de Texcoco against Hacienda de Chapingo prepared by Antonino Morán; request for end to excesses against Vivanco by Ayuntamiento dominated by Lic. Zúñiga; Felipe Berriozábal; San Román; the Coatlinchán affair; Dávalos. Has pencil note.
Recommendations for “la casa de los Álvarez”; arrival of Archbishop from Rome; Primo; return to original plan; return from Tacubaya; illness.
Present difficulties caused by bad judgement; support of Lerdo; political work in State of Hidalgo; Rivera. Riva Palacio addressed as
Need for caution in public affairs during Presidential election; band reported near San Miguel Totomaloya, proceeding from Guerrero.
Threat of fine for not collecting Contribución personal; organized opposition to paying tax; public-instruction tax given preference by alcaldes; difficulty of seizing and selling personal property.
False report of abduction of daughter of Borjes; neutral attitude in elections; handling of funds by Municipalidad de Chalco.
Effort of owner of La Compañía to take over lands of town of Tlapacoya; effort of Diego Parres, hacendado de Buenavista, to drain swamps, depriving residents of water; land claimed 1862; friendship of Parres with Jefe Político José María Sáyago; damage done in 1860 by Liberals; retaliation by Parres for support of Tlapacoya; visit by Sáyago, Lic. Ramírez, and Diputado Ticó, and intimidation of town; request for aid.
Neutral attitude toward elections; Prester John of the Indies; visit to Zitácuaro.
Electioneering by Diputados Pavón, Aguado, and Calderón.
Organizational meeting on 21st, in La Lonja.
Search for Juan Pliego; Limón in Zitácuaro.
Town divided in sections by Alcalde municipal without discussion in Cabildo; Cabildo extraordinario called by Síndico Estrada; controversy over legality of actions; Limón; population given as 17,561; request for intervention.
Representation of suit by Jilotzingo and Tlazala; opposition by Lic. Eulalio Ortega; failure of Sabás Iturbide and Zubieta to settle suit.
Dinner offered for General Negrete and friends; toasts to [Porfirio] Díaz and against Juárez and Lerdo; attendance of Gutiérrez; return to Mexico; testimony of Alcaldes refuting article in newspaper; support refused representative of Aguirre de la Barrera, candidate for Deputy; threat of removal; neutrality in elections.
Instructions obeyed in Municipalidad de Ecatepec and in Coacalco; danger of invasion by bandits; need for troops; use of telegraph to warn of trouble; elimination of
Elections held without trouble.
Government appointment; request for picture.
Salomé Zamora; minor trouble at Hacienda de la Compañía; Ramírez represented by Manuel González; Trueba; settlement of trouble at town of Tlapacoya; false news in newspaper.
Effort to settle suit between Jilotzingo and Tlazala; communication with Lic. Ortega and Lic. Téllez; characterization of Montiel, Don Benito, and Lerdo; remarks on Zomera and Fuentes Muñiz; Seguridad Pública organized in Santiago; theft of Ayuntamiento seals and school blackboards; suspects captured in cemetery; olive trees; brother of Antonio el Negro; escape from Metepec; Mejía.
Excesses of Juaristas; imprisonment of anti-re-eleccionistas; elections in Otumba decided by Federal force, with help of Jefe político; Don Benito; free elections in Cuautitlán despite Federal troops; armed guards for Registro público; Salgado wounded; electors in Chalco jailed by Jefe político; election of Juan Francisco; pressure exerted by Limón; Zomera; victory of Lerdistas over Juaristas predicted.
Watermark: LACROIX FRÈRES.
Federal interference in Otumba elections with aid of Jefe político; promise of Governor to punish irregularities; comparison with Distrito Federal; success in Puebla, Michoacán, San Luis, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Morelos, Veracruz, and Tlaxcala; conduct of Limón under influence of Martínez de la Concha, favoring re-election.
Interference of Jefe político de Otumba in elections; influence of Francisco Limón in Temascaltepec, Tenancingo, Sultepec, and Villa del Valle favoring re-election; government pressure in Mexico City elections; some elections to be nullified; successful results in Puebla; Michoacán, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, San Luis, Hidalgo, and Veracruz; re-election victory in Morelos.
Instructions awaited from Arangoity and Molina on disposition of ex-Convento de Tepotzotlán.
Letter of Muñoz Ledo; delivery of convent to await settlement of election crisis.
Delay in travel of Jefe Superior de Hacienda Muñoz Ledo and Ingeniero Rodríguez Arangoity for disposition of convent at Tepotzotlán; publication of arrangements in newspaper; quarrel between Administrador de Rentas Hernández and Síndico Salgado; votes by federal troops en route from San Luis to México; votes for Juárez, Lerdo, and General Díaz; candidacy of Lic. Juan Herrera, General Felipe Berriozábal for Lerdistas; Lic. Cayetano Gómez y Pérez, Alberto García, and Médico Cosme Quesada for Juarists; articles in
Arrangements with Muñoz Ledo for travel to Tepotzotlán; coach tickets; trip delayed because of elections by President and Ministro de la Guerra.
Departure of Captain Rodrigo Velázquez on order of Limón; tendency not to accept election results.