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 17: 1872-1880 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
Invitation to meeting at No. 5 de la Palma; General Felipe B. Berriozábal.
Telegraphed birthday greetings; Monné; charges for book binding; visit to Pachuca; binding of the
Replacement by Antonio Zimbrón.
Receipt of Convento de la Merced through the Junta de Beneficencia; request for clarification of gift of money.
Victorio Carrillo; Escalante; contract for uniforms of the 5a Línea de Gendarmes sent to Jefe político de Cuautitlán; uniforms for troops ordered by Cañedo.
Interview with Governor and promise not to take part in politics; incident at La Ciudadela; incidents in Nuevo León; arrest by Jefe político de Toluca; request for help.
Suspension of alcabalas; copy of speech sent to Ortigosa in Guadalajara; Barajas.
Extract of testimony of Ana María Alcíbar concerning legal residence. Witness: Manuel Infante and Mauro M. Saldaña.
Meeting with Mr. E. L. Plumb; Jaque; interest in extending the international railroad to Mexico and Puerto de San Blas.
Distribution of letters concerning project of the Sociedad de Agricultura to the Jefes políticos.
Preparation for work on railway; meeting of shareholders; Antonino. Includes copy of documents forwarded:
Effort to interest Zimbrón in the Sociedad de Agricultura; effort of Moreno to gather replies from Jefes políticos; letter to Alas on Hacienda de los Arcos; enrollment of Valeriano Lechuga.
Provisions of contract of sale of land of Ex-convento de San Francisco; right of way to new street of La Concordia; interference of house of Juan González; understanding with previous Governor Riva Palacio. Other signatories: Calixto Morales and Enrique Villela.
Transmittal of copy of petition by Margarito Gutiérrez and others, owners of lots of the Ex-convento de San Francisco; construction by Juan González Cárdenas in Calle de la Concordia; search for prospective purchaser.
Deputies called into session; opposition to treatment of elections.
Delay in sending decree; Méndez; progress with railway; Junta de Exposición; illness of Lynch's son; Garduño; Aguado; rumors about extraordinary sessions of Legislature; fear of García's plans; Mañón; Inclán; Espinosa; biographical notes.
Transmittal of Acta de instalación de la Sociedad de Mineros; delay caused by revolution. Includes Acta:
Newspaper article on installation of Legislature; proposal of Aguado y Varón; Colonel Limón in Tenancingo reported in favor of Plan de la Noria; intercepted letters for Matías Estrada brought by Major Pedro Bernal.
Transmittal of Voto de Gracias prepared by Municipalidades de Ajapuzco (Axapusco), Teotihuacán, y Temascalapa.
New session of Legislature; “poco patriotismo de Varón y Garduño”; treatment of robberies and amnesties; work on railway to Tlalnepantla; Don Mariano called “padre del Estado de México”; arrival of deputies Núñez and Rodríguez; articles from the
Letter for Alas given Sr. Amman at the Ferretería; Hacienda de los Arcos; rumor about Limón proved false; approval; of agreement with Governor of Tlaxcala and of Mexico concerning Calpulalpan; Manuel Zimmerman condemned to pay $2000 to Hacineda pública; Santuario de Chalma made a town; division of debt between parts of old State of Mexico left unresolved; article in
Meeting with Zimbrón; delays caused by Moral; difficulties caused by legislature favorable to García; offer of position as Secretary; consultation with Inclán; absence of Gómez; Murguía; Vicencio; credentials of Aguado refused; elections at Tenango questioned; absence of Riva, Molina, and Bernal; escape of Santa Anna, kidnapped at Metepec, kept in Montes del Nevado; Mañón; payments to Limón.
Will of Doña Ana María Alcíbar; notice of communication sent to Mauro M. Saldaña and Octaviano R. y Guzmán; Ley de procedimientos, Article 35; request for legal papers.
Loss of rank of General in 1867; made prisoner of war on occupation of Mexico by General Porfirio Díaz; imprisonment in Santa Brígida and in Perote; request for help with Junta Directiva to obtain position with railway to Toluca and Cuautitlán.
Preparation of budget; publication of
Guerrero; suggestion to have
Duties turned over to Presidente Municipal; passage of Governor from Toluca, Deputies, Ministro de Tribunal, and Fuentes Muñiz; Garduño in pursuit of rebels at Jalatlaco; Santiago Tianguistenco; Sotero Lozano reported in Distrito de Ixtlahuaca; publication of resignation.
$1200 left in State Treasury; Sotero Lozano in Tox[h]si and Atlacomulco; Trejo and Limón sent in pursuit; trip to Lerma to receive García; Vicencio to be new Secretary; dinner for Governor in Instituto; attendance of Riva, Inclán, Cid del Prado; García recalled as a student of the Instituto; Azcárate, Diputado por Sinaloa, reported describing entry in a city of Chihuahua during the Intervention and allaying fears by good behavior; offer of Sinaloa deputies to help in congress with the railway, eliminating need for lottery; Alcalde; construction work of Palacio; absence of Rodríguez; bail for Sra. Garrido not established; papers in Archives; gas project discussed with Muñoz Ledo; the
Request for aid to prevent transfer of Mother Elena.
Request of Sra. Paz and Carlota Hinojosa to prevent transfer of Sor. Elena; appointment of Cañedo; Trejo in charge of District of Texcoco; request for approval of policy; Vicencio.
Transfer of paintings from Tepozotlán to avoid deterioration; Fuentes Muñiz; removal of paintings to Instituto in Toluca.
Villar; change in format of newspaper; loss of position rumored; care of archives offered to Francisco Rivero; his preference for Administración de Rentas.
Assistance of Montaño; office force; advice of Gómez; conduct of Jefe político Bandera; friendship with Agapito Barrera; attitude of residents; painting, French, book-keeping, geometry, and algebra taught in school taught by ex-engineer Colonel Antonio Palafox; municipal water supply; public jahuey (jagüey) for animals; food supplies; comparison with Acuautla; Cura Larios from Actopan; church and cemetery; Antonino; Lupe; Josefina; Barajas; Arizcorreta; success of Villagrán at Temascalapa.
Transfer of office to Antonio Zimbrón noted.
Conflict over desire of Juan Fernández Renedo to change will to leave $3000 to wife of Gabriel Moreno instead of to group of orphans; Manuel Reyes; change made by Wiener; protest of Suprema Orden of May 21, 1869; order lost in Jefatura de Hacienda; request for help in preventing Moreno from getting law changed; support of Dirección de Beneficencia.
Request for help in getting out of prison; end of prison term in March.
Aid to Fuentes acknowledged; budget of Rodríguez Arangoity; suggestion for using penitentiary funds for repairs; ideas of Vigil; jefe político de Cuautitlán.
Visit to Chapingo; state subvention for Núñez and Rul; meeting anticipated for Exposition.
Santo Tomás; encounter in travel with Spaniard en route home, suspected of banditry; travel from Zacatecas to Veracruz.
Receipt of copies of material on Exposición universal; distribution to jefes políticos.
Operation of steamships along Pacific Coast under contract of the Gobierno Supremo with “una compañía americana” need for road to Puerto Ángel; transportation of goods from Veracruz; request for aid; difficult economic position as result of recent revolution. Signatures: Ignacio Esperan[za?], Francisco Quijano, C. Sodi, José Zorrilla, Antonio María Mimiaga, and J. Espera[nza?].
Proposal for an
Meeting of Junta announced.
Plan for railway system for Mexico; plan for easing internal dissension; economic benefits; military benefits from unified railway system; representative General Palmer; cost of delays.
Colonel Cañedo placed in charge of troops; parley with rebel bands; General Berriozábal.
Use of medicinal baths; visit to Normandy; relatives of Iturrigaray; occupation of country by Prussians; social changes anticipated; English packet; Vicente.
List of collections; business impeded by rains; collection of Contribución personal; preparation of padrones.
Government unable to pay employees because of revolution; extension of drainage of lakes suggested to provide work for unemployed; engineer costs.
Meeting with Prado and Carresse; funds of the railway project; lottery results; extension to Tlalnepantla and Atzcapotzalco; price of rails.
Request for interview; departure of General Palmer on French packet boat.
Discussions with Don Encilio on railway to Toluca; benefits for Mexico. Fragment; first page missing.
Plan to leave State service; position in Línea de las Cruces requested of Ministro de Guerra.
Rodríguez kidnapped and released at Coatepec; imprisonment of Pepe; Colonel Loaiza preparing case.
Release from prison.
Release of Pepe Zamora and Cura de Coatepec from prison; bond offered by Riva Palacio; Jefe político Ortega; suit by Rodríguez.
Civic duties in connection with death of Juárez; meeting in theatre; death observed in Instituto.
Birthday greetings.
Birthday greetings; hopes for Lerdo; hope for revolution to end; troubled career of Juárez.
Delay in printing; accident to lithograph; Riva; ceremony in theatre; national crisis; pictures to be sent to Santacilia and Dublán; Vicente.
Delivery of letters by Jiménez and Verdiguel.
Birth of children in Mexico and in Spain; residence in Madrid; possibility of entering the Court; discouraging commercial possibilities; improved transmission of news; death of Juárez; Barajas.
Invitation to dinner with President; other guests: Governor of State of Mexico and Riva y Echevarría; Callejón del Espíritu Santo; Trinidad Murguía, deputy from State of Mexico.
Colonel Limón to be jefe político de Otumba; strict orders against bandits.
Project of the Instituto to publish a periodical of Science and Education; permit from Governor García; Hidalgo y Costilla to be illustration; letter for Joaquín Alcalde; announcement of first stretch of new railway; discussion of gas project with Rodríguez and Myers; committee including Muñoz Ledo and Gómez Álvarez; example of Ayuntamiento de México; construction of Palacio municipal on Calle de la Concordia; contract with Valdez.
Support of Lerdo; Manuel Fernández Soto; discontent with Governor Ignacio Vallarta; project for establishment of an agricultural school, using the part of the convent left in 1862 by Governor Pedro Ogazón; widespread banditry; Padre Teófilo G. Sancho; Ignacio Cañedo.
Meeting with Alamán; interests of Carlos; relations with Martínez de la Torre; effort to settle the confusion.
Recovery from illness; mission to Texcoco for Governor García; disorder in administration caused by Cañedo's preoccupation with the revolution; sequestration of Miguel Uribe; failures reported in papers; resignation of office.
Meeting with President and Ministro de Fomento; charges brought by Gumesindo Enríquez; danger of losing position as Pagador del Camino de Tepetongo a la Goleta; Tesorería General de la Nación.
Opposition to monument proposed by Rodríguez Arangoity; statue of Hidalgo to be raised; work on penitentiary continued; approval of Vicente's proposal for new painting of the General; modesty about his own portrait.
Inauguration of hospital; lack of instructional equipment for education of orphan children; request for help.
Invitation to dinner honoring Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada in El Tivoli “El Eliseo”. Address of sender: Calle de Chiquis No. 4.
Request of Severiano Harnández from Toluca for aid in obtaining contract to paint portrait of General [García?] as authorized by the Congress.
Stay of execution of sentence obtained by Ramón O. Filiú pending review of case by Superior Tribunal de Justicia; danger of execution during transit along road; effort of Julio Cervantes to have sentence upheld; letters to Lic. Ogazón, Anza, and Zavala. Includes draft of answer to Manuel Mendiola, September 28, 1872, showing discussion with Anza on the subject.
Summary of expenses; distribution of drawings; plans for administration.
Preparation for escort.
Commission authorized by Congreso de la Unión to investigate complaints about northern boundary; request for aid in obtaining appointment; summary of qualifications; travel in Texas anticipated; experience in Texas during the Intervention; appointment of Emilio Velasco rumored in
Illness with lung trouble; letter of Governor García; Hacienda de Atenco; request for aid in obtaining compensation for property used for the hospital.
Request for use of influence with Lerdo on behalf of his father in Pachuca; Toluca.
Recommendation for President to discuss data on projects with Mancera, President of the Primera Comisión de Industria, as well as the Ministro de Fomento.
Decision sent to General W. Rosecrans on discussions with the Ministro de Fomento.
Return of letters; appointments to Comisión para la Frontera; appointment of Emilio Velasco.
Letters returned; meeting with Mancera declined; problem raised still under discussion.
Suit with Hacienda de Tlalmelilpa (?) over use of waters of Río Salado; use made since 1600; request for Riva Palacio to act as arbitrator.
Settlement of problem with Weiss concerning
Letters for de la Torre, Rosas, Cervantes, and Terreros; hope to return money collected by Riva Palacio; expenses for Hospicio voted by Congreso; meeting between Governor and Administrador de Atenco recommended by Cervantes.
Decision of government for imprisonment of Jiménez.
Loan owed by Escandón; need for money immediately; request for temporary loan; Javierita.
Agreement of Legislature to support the Rosecranz project.
Agreement with Governor to leave office in November.
Request for loan of $30; failure of Velázquez to pay debt; business in Chalco.
Letters sent via Barajas; case of General Jiménez discussed with President.
Assumption of office to replace Francisco Leyva temporarily, by virtue of position as President of the Tribunal Superior.
Support of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada; Riva Palacio elected by District of Yalalaq (Yalalag), Oaxaca State.
Proposed interview with President on railway project; influence of Rosecrans.
Request for help in matter to be discussed with Manuel.
Payment for cure of sick soldiers in Saltillo.
Large volume of telegrams on behalf of Jiménez; promise to release Jiménez as soon as security allows.
Illness with liver ailment; residence in Calle de Morelos, No. 1; Fuentes.
Resignation of Pedro Covarrubias as Juez 6. de lo Civil announced in papers; request for recommendation to the position; approval of Lic. Teófilo Robredo of the Sala del Tribunal Superior.
Request for help in buying furnishings for the
Return from Hacienda de la Providencia, property of cousin General Diego Álvarez; support of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada as President, vacating the presidency of the Supreme Court; Vicente Riva Palacio recommended for the place on the Supreme Court; support in press.
Hope for ministerial position for Riva Palacio instead of place in Congress; return of Padre Sancho; mission of Manuel Celayeta to represent Lozada.
President's order for release of the Jiménez.
Delay in payments for railway; Sr. Valle; partial payments by Felipe Estévez, Ramón Díaz, Ángel Sobrino, M. Fernández, and Camilo Zamora.
Copy of
Appointment of Mariano to commission to congratulate Lerdo de Tejada on new office.
Support for movement to elect Vicente Riva Palacio to Suprema Corte de Justicia de la República; picture in No. 32 of the
Collections for the
Appointment by Lerdo to be Oficial Interventor of the Administración de Correos; continued work in the Instituto.
Receipt of $80 from Mariano Riva Palacio for Hospicio de pobres de Toluca.
Introduction to Rafael Arroyo de Anda to report on conditions in Jalisco; support of Lerdo.
Arrangements for interview between Jiménez and the President.
Request for help; loss of interests in Adyosingo (Ayotzingo?); loss of sight; dependence on charity.
Agreement of Legislature to contribute to construction of railway to Toluca and Cuautitlán; support by Gobierno General; sale of concession to Rosecrans reported; arrangements with Díaz and Sobrino; Sánch[ez]; Pliego. Addressed to 5 de Mayo No. 3.
Request for aid in obtaining position for Luis Castro y Carrillo; Ignacio Mañón.
Co-operation with Nuevo León and other states to develop cotton farming; litigation concerning lands of Doña Luisa Ibarra de Zuloaga; decision of Supreme Court; opposition of State authorities; Cepeda; trouble instigated by González Herrera, supported by Governor Cepeda; proposal to raise force of Federal troops for self-protection; intervention by President suggested.
Recovery from
Account of imprisonment; request for help from Mariano and from Guadalupe [Bros].
Gift for Instituto received via Zamora; illustrations in
Introduction for Francisco Urquidi to explain conditions in state; concern over decision pending in the Supremo Gobierno.
Efforts to obtain primary instruction for children by Directorio de la Asociación de San Vicente de Paul; request for influence to that end.
Danger of having La Asunción put up for auction; failure of Lic. Dublán; danger from claims of creditors; appeal to Pedro Escudero suggested; opposition to Álvarez Rul in suit.
Delay caused by illness; ministros de Gobernación y Guerra to see to manufacture of uniforms in national prison; brother José [Sánchez]. Pencil note: Díez Cobarrubias.
Project for
Request for help in reducing tax on estates
Cuevas; question between the railway Company of Coluca and the Federal Government; difficlty over laws regulating lotteries; opinions sent by Dublán and Méndez; law of March 7, 1871.
Receipt of legal advice; Monroy; portrait of the General [García?]; Vicente; question between Gobierno General and Dublán and Méndez concerning railway.
Suit by government against Nicolás Galarza over payments for Hacienda de Aculco, Distrito de Chalco, transfer to Compañía Lancasteriana in 1868.
Lic. Villarello sent to Zumpango in 1870; delivery of speech of September 15; request for return of copy of the speech; Fuentes y Muñiz. Has note by Don Mariano on delivery of speech from among his archives.
Force of the revolution; capture and execution of leaders in Pachuca; robberies of silver trains from Zimapán; money taken at Ixmiquilpan; theft of horses; leader Serrano; use of spies; suffering of the Acostas; isolation from Actopan and Ixmiquilpan; Genoveva; Don Pepe; location of Hacienda de Arroyo; delivery of corn.
Notice of move from Calle de las Escalerillas No. 11 to Calle de la Palma No. 13; Empresa de Gas portatil.
Second page has printed list of goods sold by the firm; Sofas, chairs, armchairs, folding chairs, tables, consoles, dressers, stools, working chairs, English beds, cots, floor lamps, candle holders candelabra, gas and oil lamps, hand lamps, reflectors, globes, pumps, pipes, bombillas, wicks, scissors for wicks, veladores de papel, oil, candles of Stearine, stationery, copying books, ink, envelopes, steel pens, pencils, feather dusters, gamuzas para coche, varnish for brass, tobacco, Seidlitz powders, Sosa powder, beer extract, milk extract, extract of Liebig meat, agency for English perfumes from John Gosnell & Co., London; boxes with essences, extra-fine oil for the hair, toothbrushes, clothes brushes, hat brushes, fingernail brushes, essences for handkerchiefs, tooth paste and powder, tassels, violet face powder, fine salves, soap, toilet water, coconut soap, Windsor soap, hair dye, Cologne water from the Farina factory, “agua legítima de la Florida,” German kid gloves, wines, liquors, groceries, Rhein wine, Moselle wine, Niersteiner, Kloster Erback, Marcobrunner, Johannisberger from lands of Prince Metternich, Steinberger Cabinet, Piesporter Auslese, Bordeaux wines (Médoc, St. Julien, Pauillac, Château Margaux, Château Larose, Château Lafitte), Madeira, Oporto, Vermouth, Cognac de Martell, Cognac de Robin, Cherry Cordial, Anisette, Chartreuse, Cerveza Noruega, Champagne Carte Blanche of Roederer, Champagne “La Viuda de Clicquot,” English salmon, smoked lobsters, mackerel, oysters, salted sardines, caviar, sausages, ham, smoked herring, salted herring, English sauces, pickles, English biscuits, mustard, Italian mases farina, tapioca, Sagú, Cebada perla, Arrowroot, Cominillo, oatmeal.
Opposition of Governor Vallarta; Don Benito's strategy; public interest in Jalisco in elections.
Collection of alcabala increased; tax on brandy and tobacco.
Efficiency of Toluca postal service; petition to Congreso de la Unión for pay increase; list of salaries; request for support of petition with Lerdo.
Transmittal of
Mariano elected to 7o Congreso de la Unión by city of Toluca.
Don Mariano elected Deputy from local district.
Notice of election of Don Mariano to Congreso de la Unión. Signatories: Jesús Fuentes y Muñiz, Camilo Cortés, Manuel González, Trinidad M. Murguía, Enrique Villeda, Plácido Estévez, Juan N. Becerril, Pedro Arzate, Francisco Rivero, Felipe Arenas, Hilario León, Antonio Montes de Oca, A. Riva y Echeverría, J. G. Moreno, and Carlos Moreno.
Election of Don Mariano as representative of Primer Distrito del Estado.
Election of Don Mariano as Diputado; his portrait carried through streets with music and parade; birthday greetings; Moreno.
Election of Don Mariano as Diputado propietario to Congreso general; periodical
Celebration of victory of Don Mariano in election; street parade; Chucho Fuentes; Vicencio; drunkenness; Callejón de López; election in Temascaltepec.
Election of Don Mariano to Congreso de la Unión for Toluca and Tlalnepantla.
Conduct of election campaign; problem of “credencial doble de Torre”; certification by District Judge.
Verses praising Don Mariano; Toluca; Pero Grullo.
Introduction for Soteranis, Regidor del Ayuntamiento de Ecatepec; request for recommendation to Lic. Zubieta; arrest of Justo and Jesús Cedillo by Presidente Municipal de Ecatepec.
Opposition to proposal of Chávez Ganancia to have jefe político elective officer; new proposal to have them named by the Legislature; opposition. Includes draft of two other letters:
Interest of Legislature in reform of Article 65 of the Constitution; denial of support for popular election of jefe político or Legislative control; widespread complaints about jefes políticos; cases taken to Tribunal Superior; complaints against Joaquín Ortega; Molina; García; case against Hidalgo, Jefe político de Otumba; Monina, Mier, Chaix; transfers from Tenancingo to Cuautitlán and Chalco as
Mañón; disagreement with Chávez [Ganancia]; Juan Francisco López.
Proposal for Legislature to choose Jefe político from names presented by Governor; two-year terms; power of Tribunal Superior to remove incumbents for cause; reform of Article 24, Decree No. 26, April 21, 1868; support for reform of jefe político system; García.
Meeting with Vicente in house of Tuñón Cañedo; reform of jefe político system discussed with Governor.
Mañón to attend Congress; Enríquez; Congress rumored to study constitutional reforms; article against García in
Transmittal of
Incident in Zinacantepec; death of Francisco Estrada, Pancho Rivero, and Guilebaldo Garduño; attack by Indians on Casas consistoriales; archives destroyed; departure of Cañedo; money collected for families of victims.
Gift of cheese; cheese of Mocorito (Sonora) best in Mexico; attendance at Exposition; representation of Aguascalientes; comparison with Protestants; Portuguese expression; Poyo.
Request for use of influence to obtain amnesty for Pablo Aguilar, “Jefe de los sublevados de Tejupilco.”
Request for aid in obtaining position as Oficial Mayor de la Secretaría de la 2. Sala in the Tribunal del Distrito Federal; change of climate needed; Anastacio Zerecero. Includes list of Ministros del Tribunal, with addresses: Pablo Rivera (Canoa No. 6), José M. Guerrero (San José del Real No. 1), Teófilo Robredo (Chavarría No. 5), Agustín G. Ángulo (2. de Vanegas, Carrocería), Joaquín Antonio Ramos (2. del Relon No. 7), José M. Herrera (Portal de Santo Domingo No. 2), and Ambrosio Moreno (Pilareca No. 6).
Acknowledgement of election to State Legislature from Second District; efforts in favor of Fuentes Muñiz.
Election of Juan Francisco [López]; Chávez to be substitute.
Election results: Deputies Hilario García (for Toluca), Ángel Díaz Leal (for Tenango), Lic. Pérez (for Ixtlahuaca), Inocente García (for Valle), Felipe Jaimes (for Temascaltepec), Manuel Gordillo (for Tenancingo), Trinidad Murguía (for Sultepec), Cañedo (for Zinacantepec), Mariano Ezeta (for Jilotepec), none for Otumba.
Transmittal of Decreto No. 21 of the Congress, honoring leaders of State independence; General Vicente Guerrero; autograph of Cura Mariano Matamoros.
Introduction for Patricio Auge; request for aid in publication of Auge's translation of arithmetic text from German to Spanish.
Election in Chalco not accepted; meeting of deputies in home of Tuñón Cañedo; Zúñiga to be President, Hilario García Vice-President; Murguía and Díaz Leal to be Secretaries; Pérez, Ereta, Núñez, Rodríguez, Inocente García, and Tuñón Cañedo to be on Comisión Calificadora (1. and 2.); appointments of Enríquez, Necoechea, Ambrosio Molina, Inocente García, Manuel García, and Murguía.
Elections in Temascaltepec, Tenancingo, and Chalco rejected.
Rejection of election in Distrito de Chalco.
Lola; freedom from
Departure of Colonel Cañedo for Tlalnepantla to prepare for reception of President.
Request for aid in obtaining position as Administrador de Rentas del Distrito de Cuautitlán; failure of work of Commission on boundaries and debts; birth of son.
Description of trick by which government supporters thwarted election of Chávez; return of jefe político; protest taken to Congress; Jefe político Felipe Alcalde; Alcalde de Ameda.
Vicente and Blas Zamora elected deputies; Molina and Jesús Tirado rejected.
Rump electoral college set up in opposition to electors from Chalco, Ameca, and Ayapango, protected by Jefatura política; election of Vicente [Riva Palacio] and Lic. Blas Zamora.
Ambrosio Molina and Jesús Tirado elected by electoral college protected by Alcalde, contrary to Article 13, Decree 122 (October 21, 1873); meeting in home of Juan Beltrán; support of Vicente Riva Palacio.
Quarrel between Santiago Tlazala and Santa Ana Jilotzingo encouraged by Sabás Iturbide in litigation over land title; decision in Juzgado de Tlalnepantla; opposition to decision; Lic. Aragón; Siliceo; request for Don Mariano to try to reach settlement; residence in San Ildefonso, Calle de Medinas. Includes unsigned draft of answer, July 17, 1874, requesting further study and possible return to case.
Intervention of State Governor; effort to obtain arbitration between Santiago and Santa Ana; case left with Toluca lawyer without result; complaints given to son Fermín [Ortega]; study of ancient titles; Masons; Juaristas; Lerdistas; Escudero.
Study of Código civil and Ley de procedimientos del Estado de México; terms of arbitration suggested by Governor; selection of arbitrators; qualifications; Juzgado de Tlalnepantla. Includes draft of reply, July 22, 1874, unsigned: Communication with Santiago and with Escudero; effort to reach settlement.
Lic. Tiburcio Montiel accused of injustice; Congreso de la Unión; friendship with President; imprisonment on Isla de los Caballos or on Ulúa avoided; request for help.
Request for aid in obtaining position as judge in State of Mexico; vacancies created in December; recommendation to Presidente del Tribunal Superior de Toluca desired; service as judge in Chilapa, Guerrero, Distrito de Acapulco; Chalchicomula, Tlaxcala, Sultepec, Villa del Valle, Huauchinango, Ixmiquilpan, Zacualpan, Jonacatepec, Minatitlán, Ayutla, Ometepec, and as Abogado de pobres in Tribunal Superior in Chilpancingo; difficulties suffered; neutral political position; opposition to La Reacción and The Empire.
Conditions on the hacienda; corn; cattle; protection of cattle from depredations of Indians; loss of cattle in inventory; Nicolás; poor administration in time of Godoy; dams; increase in swine; corn price in Irapuato; barley; peas; payments to Castillo; loan to Rafael Jáuregui; Lic. Collantes; Santa María; Alamán; relationship with renters; medical services; Manuel; Lupe; Josefina. Additional notes by María Gertudis Godoy de Herrera, Carmen G[odoy] de Moral, Guadalupe, and N[icolás] del Moral.
Incidents in Zumpango; surveillance over Distrito de Chalco watch over Hacienda de la Asunción.
Return to office; illness; extension of leave refused by Congress.
Military assignments; sign and countersign for the day; assignments for guard duty for Colonel Amado Carnero, Colonel Ignacio Reyes, Comandante de Escuadrón Gil Campos, Lieutenant Colonel Salvador Ocio, Lieutenant Colonel Vicente L. Matoso, Captain Luis F. Valdés, Joaquín Borrayo; Major Florencio Villeda, Colonel Eduardo Debó; units mentioned: 11. Cuerpo de Caballería, 1er Batallón Permanente, Hospital Militar Santiago; Batallón del Distrito, 1er Cuerpo de Caballería Permanente Lafragua; guards provided for: Betlem, Callejuela, Hospital Juárez, and La Ciudadela.
Improving conditions in Mexico; news delivered by ships of Veracruz Line and ships en route to San Nazario; Manuel Romano; difficult conditions in Spain; slow progress of Carlist War; home near battle lines; effort to start a business; two nephews sent to Mexico to avoid war; work in El Puerto de Barcelona (Portal de las Flores No. 6) and grocery store; Calle de Béjar, No. 2.
Recovery of Don Mariano from illness; Manuel Fernández; resignation of Vicencio to become Director del Instituto withdrawn on resignation of Governor García; failure of Diputación permanente to find replacement; Enríquez suggested as Interim Governor; rumor of plan to send Fuentes to Europe or North to purchase instruments for physics; Chais, Núñez, and Inocente García suggested as Interim Governor.
Leave granted García; Villarello to be Interim Governor; meeting of Deputies called; candidates Enríquez and Núñez.
Political struggle between a Republic and a Constitutional Monarchy; distaste for
Gumesindo Enríquez elected Governor.
Assumption of office during absence of Lic. García; Jesús Fuentes Muñiz to be Secretario de Gobierno.
Assumption of Governor's office by Enríquez; offer of Secretaryship accepted.
Approval of acceptance of office as Secretary.
Illness of Guadalupe; attentions of Dr. Orozco; illness of Echeverría; arrival of Cura de Guanajuato; telegrams sent to Tula offering home for Guadalupe; news of death of Manuel [husband of Guadalupe]; effort to have lawyer named to represent her interests; Miguel Echeverría; services of Pantaleón Parres; debts of deceased; letter from Santa María; Lic. Patiño; payments made on death of Godoy; payments to Castillo; Señora Meóqui; new mortgage on Parangueo. Includes note by N. del Moral. Includes note by Riva Palacio concerning execution of will. Includes letter:
Return from expedition in Distrito de Tenancingo, Tenango, Villa del Valle, and Almoloya; Manuelita; annoyance by
Request for donation for celebration of Institución de la Divina Eucaristía.
Birth of son; Vicente reported to have given up salary as general; wife Amadora.
García's visit to Lerdo and return to Toluca; leave extended 3 months; Enríquez to continue in office; bad condition of roads; Cejudo; illness of Don Mariano.
Appointment by State Legislature to be Fiscal del Tribunal.
Extension of term as Interim Governor.
Description of narrow escape from robbers on road to Celaya; Apaseo; Villadiego (?); Valle de Santiago; Tula (sister?); treatment of sick woman (Guadalupe); Nicolás under threat of bandits in Parangueo; insecurity of roads.
Visit to Hacienda de San Cristóbal for sister's wedding; delivery of letters; inhabitants of Ocozá.
Request for confirmation of statements by heirs of intestate Lic. José Manuel Lebrija; statements by Bernarda Mora de Lebrija, Doña Paz, Doña Julia, Doña Dolores, Don Luis, and Don Manuel Lebrija.
Land dispute between Hacienda de Tlahuelilpa, property of Iturbe family, and towns of Atitalaquia, San Pedro Tlaxcoapam, and San Francisco Tlahuelilpa; agreement to arbitration; Lic. Manuel Cordero to represent Iturbe; Francisco García Salas to represent the towns; Don Mariano chosen as third party; division of waters of Río Salado; agreement to abide by results.
Request for copy of
Transmittal of copy of
Transmittal of results of election for senator.
Transmittal of copy of Código penal del Estado of January 12.
Refusal of Don Mariano to be part of Commission to settle problems of boundaries and debts of Mexico, Hidalgo, and Morelos; reason: illness.
Meeting of Junta Central de Exposiciones announced; delay explained; meeting in Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda, en el ex-Arzobispado. Has draft of reply, August 28, 1875, recalling position on commission, offered by Rómulo Rubio, was declined and announced by Lic. Rafael Martínez de la Torre.
Manuel; difficulties in payment by González for wheat.
Illness of Don Mariano with leg ailment; brother Guillermo; mining business in Guanajuato; fights at Parangueo between State troops and
Project of Mariano Guerra Manzanares, Jefe político, to build new jail; request for contribution toward the completion of the work.
Request for contribution toward furnishing prizes for graduating students.
Transmittal of
Offer of appointment as Padrino for the dedication of the new jail; nomination by the Sociedad de Mejoras materiales y de Beneficencia; others so honored: Lic. Gumesindo Enríquez, Celso Vicencio, Dr. Eduardo Urueta, Jesús F[uentes] y Muñiz, Ambrosio Molina, Santiago Keern (Kern?), Vicente G. Parada, General Vicente Rosas Landa. Includes draft of reply, to Mariano Guerra Manzanares, Mexico, February 13, 1876, declining the honor because of illness.
Invitation to dance at Salón Municipal after laying of the first stone for the new jail. Addressed to Alcaicería (?) No. 9.
Request for payment of debt for masses said at the hacienda chapel.
Transmittal of collection of Decretos del Estado, delivered by Fuentes; marriage of sister Concha to Emilio Durán in Pachuca; article in
Loss of letter sent via brother Guillermo; repetition of letter of March 13, 1876; depredations of bandit groups on hacienda of Parangueo; seed, weapons, horses, and money taken from tenants; watch by Salgado and authorities in Valle de Santiago; establishment of guards with weapons from Mexico; bands raised by Socorro Reyes; attack on Cuitzeo; damage to corn caused by hail; rent paid by Castillo and Sra. Meóqui; effect of political situation on crops;
Southern part of State occupied by Cosío Pontones and Ayala; invasion of western districts and Zinacantepec; defeat by regular troops; opposition to re-election for president; similarity to the Guerra de Castas; protection of Enríquez; García; opposition to institution of Jefe político; increase of taxes for mutual protection; Toluca.
Illness of Don Mariano with leg ailment; continuous wars lamented: “Parece que nuestra raza está condenada a vivir siempre en guerra”; new uprisings anticipated from Carlist provinces; danger of losing
Illness of Don Mariano with leg ailment; illness of Guadalupe; throat trouble; bandits reduced to small groups; insecurity of roads; wheat and peas raised; Linares to represent Guadalupe; Agustina; Alamán and María at meeting in 1873; division of property of Godoy; Tula; Siliceo; Carmen; payment of debt to Sra. Mier; division of Parangueo prohibited; problem of dividing property among heirs; Nicolás; Martínez.
Account of illness; request for Linares to continue as legal counsel. includes copy of accompanying letter:
Service on Hacienda de Atoyac and Hacienda de la Archicofradía; pay involved in litigation over haciendas of Miguel Cadena; request for aid in recovering pay.
Notice of unpaid tax on property owned by José María Godoy's heirs; value $18000; Jefatura de Hacienda de Guanajuato.
Legal representation of property of heirs of José María Godoy in Guanajuato denied.
Martínez de la Torre to take over as legal counsel for settlement of Godoy's property; power of attorney for Tula.
Difficulty in agreeing on proposal of Martínez de la Torre; rights of Carmen, Tula, and Guadalupe as heirs of Godoy; Nicolás. Includes copies of related documents:
Request for contribution for erection of charity hospital.
Sale of Rancho de Jesús María to Lic. Manuel de la Hoz; lawyer Lic. Tavera; auction of Rancho de San Isidro; request for aid in obtaining from Governor delay in paying tax.
Letter from Julio Arancivia at Hacienda de Atlapango; message sent via son Eduardo; Conducta de Zacatecas y San Luis in Querétaro.
Disagreement with proposal of Martínez; Nicolás; sale of Parangueo favored by Linares for Carmen and Tula; new proposal.
Travel of Don Mariano to La Asunción; Fuentes y Muñiz; disillusionment with politics; experiment with publishing; peaceful conditions in State; Toluca; Barajas.
State Legislature to select Magistrador del Tribunal Superior; request for support of Don Mariano for the post.
Plan of Nicolás for ending litigation over property of Godoy; sale of Parangueo; Casas de Sopeña; Carmen: Tula; explanation sent to Linares; hope for speedy settlement; Martínez; value of furniture.
Alcántara elected to Presidency of Tribunal Superior; Chávez elected Fiscal.
Request for contribution toward prizes for top students of both sexes and for distinguished artisans. First use of by-line “Progreso, Unión, y Fraternidad.”
Introduction to José Hipólito Martínez, Civil Engineer; meeting at Ecazingo; service as Captain of Engineers in Second Division; support of General Díaz in Plan de Tuxtepec; government of Lerdo; pronunciamiento in Puebla at Cuartel de San Francisco with troops of Eighth Battalion of Infantry; Campaign in Puebla; Ejército Constitucionalista; request for aid in finding employment; recommendation for Martínez, Vicente [Riva Palacio], or General Díaz.
Violation of private correspondence; Gómez del Palacio; Departure of Lerdo party; arrival of Pascual Lebrija; meeting with Enríquez on behalf of Chacón; Chacón to take command of troops; Lic. Antonio Inclán to be Secretario de Gobierno.
Election of Magistrador del Tribunal Superior not recognized under Plan de Tuxtepec; ouster of Alcántara expected; decree on re-election of Lerdo; resignation of Alcántara as Secretary not accepted; decree published in
Success of Plan de Tuxtepec; occupation of capital; presidency declined by José María Iglesias; reforms of Palo Blanco; assumption of Poder Ejecutivo de la Unión; appointment of Vicente Riva Palacio as Ministro de Fomento; appointments of Lic. Ignacio L. Vallarta as Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, of General Pedro Ogazón as Secretario de Guerra y Marina, of Lic. Justo Benítez as Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito público, of Lic. Ignacio Ramírez as Ministro de Justicia e instrucción pública, and of Lic. Protacio Tagle as Ministro de Gobernación. By-line: Constitución y Libertad.
Installation of new Tribunal Superior; absence of Alcántara and Vicencio; Lic. Ramón Ortigosa; Juanita.
Transmittal of message to Antonio Villamil, in charge of Dirección del Nacional Monte de Piedad; confirmation of appointment of Mariano Riva Palacio as Director of the Monte de Piedad; meeting of Junta Superior.
Request for help with General Vicente [Riva Palacio] to obtain post of Oficial primero de la Sección de Mejoras Materiales, previously held by Francisco Bulnes.
Transmittal of message of Ministro de Gobernación, confirming appointment of Mariano Riva Palacio as Director of the Monte de Piedad.
Appointments to Tribunal Superior by Mirafuentes; Zubieta to be President; Aguado y Varón, Ortigosa, Uribe, González Ángulo to be Magistrados; Dávalos to be Fiscal; Juanita.
Meeting with Barreiro; relations between Mexicans and French;
Request for aid in finding position for brother-in-law Lic. Juan Chávez, removed from
Permission for fair debated; Mirafuentes in Toluca; Pedro.
Candidacy of Don Mariano for Deputy to Congreso de la Unión; Mirafuentes candidate for governor; candidacy of Díaz González, Aguado y Varón; resignation of Aguado as Presidente Municipal.
Introduction to Andrés Ortega, Deputy.
Appointment as
Request for use of influence with Vicente [Riva Palacio] for replacement of Méndez as
Campaign of 1873 against los “Catorce” and “Plumb”; Camino del Ferrocarril Central; availability of investment money in the U.S. and in England; Dublán. Incomplete.
Request for financial aid; ill success with Sociedad Católica and Sociedad de caridad de San Vicente de Paul; reputation of Don Mariano as Governor in Toluca.
Arrival of Díaz in Querétaro; departure for Guanajuato; violent change of government; refuge in hacienda across Río Grande; death of Martínez de la Torre; Linares to be legal representative for Tula; sale of Parangueo; Nicolás. Addressed to Donceles No. 11. Has one postage stamp of 25 centavos and one of 10 centavos.
Service since Independence; departure of Juárez in 1863; pension granted by Regency; loss of pension on Restoration; request for help in finding position. Rank given as Colonel; address: Puerta falsa de la Merced, No. 2.
Appointment of Don Mariano as Director del Monte de Piedad; Ramón Terreros; request for position in Sucursal de San Andrés.
Transmittal of printed articles concerning local events.
Request for charity; funds needed for
Appointment to commission to study economic questions in a commercial treaty between the United States and the Government of the Hawaiian Islands; agricultural, commercial, and industrial interests of Mexico; most-favored nation arrangement with the U.S.A.; report to go to Lic. José Limantour. Includes draft of reply, declining appointment. Byline: Libertad en la Constitución.
Difficulty of withdrawing candidacy explained by Fuentes y Muñiz; election of Don Mariano; votes for Condés (?) de la Torre by the Alberto García circle; Lic. Sánchez Tonguillo (?) to be substitute; speech by Santiago Torres; no election in six districts.
Don Mariano elected Deputy for First District, Toluca; the “Liberal” circle.
Danger of success by Conservative Party; support of
Transmittal of newspapers; editorship of papers; departure of D. Diego from Acapulco, leaving 400 men in El Peregrino and La Cañada de Jolapa (Jalapa?); defeat of
Request for use of influence with Antonio Mier y Terán to reduce rent on house; death of Pepe.
Support of Mirafuentes in business with Florencio Medina; election for governor not complete; Mirafuentes probably to be winner; Cuevas; election of deputies Luis Pliego with Lic. Sobrino Ortiz as substitute; in Lerma Pascual Cejudo; in Ixtlahuaca and Almoloya no election; influence of Alberto García circle; Lic. González Urbina; Díaz González; candidacy of Valentín Gómez Tagle and Lic. Francisco Pérez; Gregorio Gutiérrez suggested as substitute.
Announcement of election as Diputado suplente to State Legislature.
Credentials refused, alleging use of force.
Appointment as Fiscal constitucional del Tribunal Superior de Justicia by State Legislature; Zubieta made President; Inclán, Vicente Villegas, Uribe, Ortigosa, and González Ángulo to be
Appointment as Presidente del Tribunal Superior by Legislature; other members: Lic. Antonio Inclán, Lic. Vicente Villegas, Lic. Romualdo Uribe, Lic. Ramón Ortigosa, Lic. Agustín G[onzález] Ángulo, and Lic. Juan Chávez Ganancia; opposition of Diputados Madariaga, Molina, and Pliego.
Letter to brother; mental illness of Ernesto; Tío Severo; Tío Luis; doctor's treatment; Tía Juanita; Mariquita Gorostiza; Lupe; photographs transmitted.
Request for contribution for gift for anniversary of Pío Nono; donations to be sent to José María Andrade (Librería del portal de August[] No. 3); plan to reach the English packetboat. Addressed to Monte Pío Nacional.
Request for use of influence with Zubieta to see that Lic. Pablo Reyes remain in position as Juez de Letras de Cuautitlán.
Reports delayed; editorials in
Election of Don Mariano to be Honorary President by Junta Directiva.
Brother Guillermo; health of Guadalupe; services of Don Mariano [in Montepío]; decrease in banditry; economic improvement; debt to Casa de Sopeña and to Señora Meóqui; credit of Señora Mier; Linares; Alamán; articles pawned at Montepío; Lupe; Tula; Carmen; Sofía; Leonor; Nicolás.
Receipt of $25 from Visitador Manuel Vázquez; Junta Gubernativa; pistol redeemed by Leopoldo Claramonte.
Discharge of
Construction of new church; Manuel Rivas; Arangoity.
Receipt of appointment as Juez Constitucional from Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado; José Zubieta; father Ignacio [Reyes].
Appointment as Governor of Puebla.
Explanation for separation from Juzgado de 1. Instancia de Chalco; disagreement with Lic. Méndez; Cortés ordered imprisoned.
Resignation of Lic. Ruperto Portillo as Juez Constitucional de Primera Instancia de Chalco opposed.
Congratulations of C. B. Arriaga in Saltillo to President in name of General G. Treviño for successful campaign against
Concern for students expelled from Instituto Literario for recent scandal; punishment reduced for all except Díaz González; newspaper articles transmitted.
Visit by Ortega and Coto; report by Ruano published in
Past hostility of Government; new government under Plan de Tuxtepec; improvements under Ministro de Fomento Riva Palacio; need for public order; lottery; Juárez; equipment for railroad delivered to Hacienda de la Lecheria; purchase of mules; construction of Cuautitlán spur; President of Company in Paris; Torre; study of project by Roberto Geddes, Director del Bando de Londres, México, y Sudamérica; return to England; study of commercial movements in State by Manuel Fernández; loan of L. 200,000 sought to complete road to Toluca; Isidoro de la Torre; Compañía “Union Contract”; offer made to Sr. Ohlssen (Olsen?); reform of railway concession studied by commission with Pedro del Valle and Manuel Dublán; Governor Mirafuentes; extension to Pacific considered; line to Tacubaya sought by Municipalidad; spur to Tlalnepantla considered; La Verónica; discussions between Martín Bengoa and commission of Antonio Carbajal, Vicente Méndez, and Ventura Alcérreca; list of expenses and income; death of Manuel de Rosas and Lic. Rafael Martínez de la Torre. Signed also M. Bengoa.
Improper conduct of Juez de Distrito Lic. Germán Navarro with reference to Suprema Corte de Justicia and Tribunal Superior; Law of January 20, 1869; discussion printed in
Thanks for intervention to have classes continued; explanation by Fuentes.
Lic. Leocadio López elected Juez de Primera Instancia de Chalco; opposition of Villegas and Dávalos; Mier.
Report of Lic. Pedro Ruano to Governor; defense against criticism; Pedro Martínez; participation in uprising denied; Ortega; Coto; effort to be reinstated.
Need for repairs to church; donation requested.
Receipt of
Request for use of influence with Vicente [Riva Palacio] against gambling houses.
Receipt of book; opinion of Portilla. Address: Acequia No. 24. Includes copy of letter concerning autograph for book in Public Library, Aguascalientes; recognition of services to State of Mexico and work in the railroad program.
Mistreatment of family by Rafael Olvera; weapons allowed by Lerdo; death of father; inability to obtain justice in Querétaro or in Mexico; request for $25 to pay bill and return home; Address: Villa de Jalpan, Querétaro(?).
Receipt of
Withdrawal of proposed publication of history of Monte de Piedad de París.
Program for Exposición de obras de Bellas Artes; request for subscriptions.
Notice of formation of partnership. Address: San Bernardo No. 4. Dealers in “Cambios, Créditos, Fincas, Hipotecas, Ropa, Algodones, Azogue, Semillas, Frutos nacionales, Abarrotes, etc.” References: José Toriello Guerra, Lascurain [UNK] Co., Watermeyer Wiechers & Co., Martínez y Cía., Juan Aubert y Cía., Torre Fischer y Cía., Velasco Hermanos, C.A. Martínez y Cía., P. Partín y Cía., P. Guérin y Cía., Gassier y Reynaud, J. Labadie y E. Pinson, Uhink y Cía., and Ciriaco Marrón. Empedradilla No. 8. Includes two separate printed form letters:
Formation of Community called Jesús María; request for financial support.
Mission of Cura García to redeem articles in Monte Pío; recommendation of Ortega, of Iglesia de Popotla, for assistance in mission.
Receipt of
Request for legal help; imprisonment for involvement in criminal case; introduction for Jesús Rodríguez de San Miguel.
Appointment by Don Mariano in 1850 as Juez de primera Instancia de Tetecala, replacing Lic. P. Gavilán; death of cholera; birthday of Don Mariano in 1850 given as 47th.
Departure for the United States.
Request for legal help for residents of Guadalupe Tanguietlalpam (?); improper impositions by Municipio de Jalatlaco charged; appeal to Mirafuentes or Zubieta.
Payments to Fermín González Cosío on behalf of Godoy Family; travel with Tula delayed by poor condition of roads; Lupe; Carmen; Nicolás; Guillermo.
Request for contribution to the guard in honor of 20th anniversary of constitution of 1857.
Request for contribution to children's school and to newly opened
Inventory of Hacienda de la Asunción delayed by Manuel [Riva Palacio?]; travel from Chalco with Soto.
1870 appointment as Jefe político de Cuautitlán; Zumpango; service in 6th and 8th Congreso de la Unión; service in 7th Congress of State Legislature; 8th Congress interrupted; presidency of Lerdo; request for position.
Death of Gertrudis Segura de Murguía; firm of Viuda e hijos de Murguía dissolved; Eduardo to continue the business. Separate printed letter signed by E. Murguía indicating continuation of the business.
Appointment as Socio Honorario; plans for Primera Exposición Internacional in Mexico. Byline: Filantropía y Unión.
Notice of establishment of a school of English Language, Segunda Calle de la Pila Seca 7 1/2.
Proposal to represent State of Mexico declined; ill health given as reason; commission to settle question of boundaries and debt with states of Hidalgo and Morelos.
Opposition to railway to Morelos; injury to canal trade along Canal Riva Palacio; request for Don Mariano to serve on committee to oppose the concession.
Introduction to Miguel Tirado; signature on certificate for double time; departure for División de Oriente; Puebla. Note on back: Grinda, San José el Real No. 19 and “Rafael Vargas, y Fermín Hernández.”
Addressee not given; receipt of telegram; approach to capital; election as president; Lagos; Lancaster Jones recommended as deputy; vacancies in Cámara de Diputados filled; rest of letter in cipher.
Recommendation for Doña Dolores Díaz of Sultepec; efforts to do her out of a rich mine; case before Juzgado de primera Instancia de Toluca; introduction to Juan Carbo (Carleo? Carles?), Deputy to Congreso de la Unión.
Brief references to character, profession, and political association of Luis Osollo, Epitacio Rendón of San Vicente Chicoloapan, Español Martínez, José María Palafox, Cobos, Ladislao Solares, el español Cuevas and wife Doña Mariana Arpide, Mariano Gallardo, Francisco Fernández, Francisco Quintana, Guadalupe Figueroa (recently named Deputy), Miguel Barba, Padre Pérez, José María Peña and Vicente González in Tianguistengo, Administrador Antonio Ortiz of Hacienda de Atenco, Colonel Sandoval, Captain Justo Estévez, José María Cobarrubias, el español Vaz, Francisco Costado, Miguel Ferrel, and Ugarte; connections with Puebla, Huamantla, Mesones del Chino del Ángel, de San Antonio, y de Las Ánimas in Mexico (meeting place for Cobos sympathizers), agents in Texcoco, Tianguistengo, Jalatlaco, Ocuilan, Cacalomacán, Tenancingo, Tenango, and Malinalco; Juez de Coyoacaque (?), Lerma, Toluca, Chalco; countersign.
Group of cover sheets containing address torn from body of letters. Those which could be identified have been restored to the body of the letter. Almost all are addressed to Mariano Riva Palacio; some have month and day stamped by post-office but no year. Names that appear in various places: Toluca; Ml. del Chico; Yautepec; Escobedo (Bernabé), Rue Condillac No. 63, Bordeaux; Mexico; Taxco, Sept. 13; Acapulco; Gobierno del Estado L. y S. de Puebla; Ciu. Guerrero, enero 11; Tula, April 26; Juzgado de letras, Temascaltepec; Guadalajara, February 10; Vega; Cuautla; Querétaro, December 31; San Luis Potosí, December 7; Tetecala; Mexico, February 5; Cuernavaca; Rafael García Aguirre.
Apparently part of legal brief; reference to conduct of Andrés Méndez; poverty of family; part of plea for leniency.
Apparently part of legal brief; reference to Síndico Eduardo Bahre(?); merchant José Miguel Garibay; suit against Carlos Haghembee (Hagenbeck?); Deputy José Miguel Garibay; case before Tribunal Mercantil in 1843 and before Supremo Tribunal de Justicia; certificate by José Bibiano Beltrán; Ley 21 tit 5, lib. 2 of the
Historical notes; evidently used by Vicente Riva Palacio. References: Drake; Tavistock; Devon County; Plymouth;
Pioquinto Hernández, in Primavera Calle del Rastro; lack of second patlo, clean water, ventilation; operations begun in 1860; shop of Testamentaria de Moncada, Segunda Calle del Rastro, dating from time of Spanish government; shop of Bonifacio Quintanilla, Tercera Calle del Rastro; shop of Santos Peláez, shop of Teófilo Villegas, dating from Spanish times; shop of Dionisio Sotres, dating from 1860; shop of Facundo Gómez in Calle de San Felipe de Jesús; shop of Diego Escandón; shop of Rafael Valdez; shop of Antonio Mendoza; shop of Ramón Ocaranza, dating from 1865; shop of Jacinto Díaz; shop of Antonio Escandón in Calle del Hospital de Jesús, dating from 1859, when Miguel Azcárate was President of Ayuntamiento; sanitary report on each shop.
Ayuntamiento regulations on slaughter of cattle; permit for Manuel Arellano in Calle de Garrapata; police supervisión of
Notes for a life of Montezuma.
Summary of life of Negrete; birth in San Esteban de Carranza, Señorío de Vizcaya, May 18, 1777; death in Bordeaux, April 11, 1846; services in Seminario de Vergara, Departamento del Ferrol, Italy, Veracruz, Regimiento de Toluca; association with Iturbide and in Supremo Poder Ejecutivo; exile.
Clipping from magazine or newspaper; legal and literary career; service with Juárez and in Ministerio de Fomento; imprisonment in Santiago Tlaltelolco; Minister in Madrid; death Nov. 22, 1896;
Clipping from printed work.