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 2: 1837-1844 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
Return of Romero to governor's chair; Antonio Escobedo; clerk recommended by José Palomar; superiority of fair at San Juan to that at Aguascalientes.
Request for payment of debt in silver; dislike for copper in commerce; Hospital de los Terceros.
$400 needed for payroll; Rafael Pliego; mill operations; Hueyapán; Calendario de Galván.
Request for payment of $40. Includes signed transmittal by Pereda.
Request of Arpide for flour from the mill at el Moral; loan of wheat to Mier and Orihuela.
Transmittal of ten loads of charcoal.
Recovery from recent illness; accounts of Mier; shortage of barley. Draft.
Recovery from recent illness; accounts of Mier; shortage of barley.
Request for money for payroll; Felipe; Gregorio; delivery of iron and steel.
Preparations for elections.
Delivery of barley hay; Felipe Alvarado.
Payment of $100 by Julián for Chiltomi; need for $400 for the payroll.
Money needed for payroll; collection from the Mesón de Valvaneda and from José Puebla for two loads of barley hay; Azpilueta; supply of thin steel from Milan; Corral de San Juan; Juan López of Chiconquiagui; Chalco; Lorenzo Arrollabe of Santa Cruz; Miguel Reyes; Moral; Julián Mascareña; payment in name of Mier; Miraflores; Hueyapan; Manuel Cadena; wheat and barley harvest.
Collection of maguey from Bocanegra.
Request for payment of $560 debt. Includes draft of answer.
Delivery of barley hay.
Charge against Manuel Bastian; Lic. Olaguíbel; Callejón de las Cruces.
Loss of personal papers; postponement of accounts to be settled. Embossed design.
Repair of carriage wheels by Pereda; $136 paid by Cristóbal; Gregorio; trip to Hueyapan; planting postponed; Ramón Gamboa; Gerónimo Maldonado.
Delivery of two mules and two horses by José López Bueno.
Delivery of barley to Mier and to José de la Cámara.
Request for payment of $22 to Otal for three goathides.
Account of wages and payments in kind.
Payment of $100 to Antonio Álvarez.
Watermark: ZOZAYA MEXICO 1827.
Request for payment of $40 in silver. Includes draft of answer, dated Atoyac, March 12.; acknowledgement of debt due María de la Luz García, heir to Juan Gómez de Parada; Lic. Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros; Mariano Riva Palacio named as reference.
Request for payment of claim by Vicente Gómez de Parada; money owed to Echave; hacienda payroll.
Accounts with Garrido and Vázquez; shortage of money for payroll; Gamboa; Julián; description of system of payment; use of Castilian and Mexican languages; Manuel Cadena; employees from San Lucas and San Gregorio; Chiltomi; need for completing the payment.
Request for payment of $200. Note on back: Pagada en 28 de Julio con Maíz.
Request for supply of seed corn and some documents already agreed upon.
Money needed for payroll; order for wheat from el Moral placed by José María Vázquez; Echave.
Transmittal of three mattresses.
Prices of corn and beans; Ayacapistla.
Watermark: Star with letters CALCAGNO.
Loan imposed on el Moral and la Compañía; José María Caballero; Atilano Sánchez.
Watermark: BELLANDO.
Request for loan to José Antonio.
Delivery of barley and potatoes; lack of charcoal; $300 received from José María Garrido; request for payment of $24 to Azpilueta; planting at San Javier; planting planned for San Cristóbal; Chalco.
Payment to the Administrador de Aduanas; Vázquez; San Juan de Dios; Herrera; Zamora; brandy shop; Vergara; Honorato; Cirilo; Juan Estrada; Tlalmanalco; Manuel María de San Vicente; Rendón.
Order for wheat from Moral; receipt of $1,700.
Delay caused by measles; proposed sale of house to Quintanilla; invitation for Easter holidays; Calle del Empedradillo.
Recovery of Riva Palacio from illness; payment of alcabala; Quintanilla.
Shortage of silver money in Chalco; delivery to Riva Palacio promised.
Watermark as in 821.
Ad valorem tax on el Moral described by Atilano Sánchez; Administrador de Rentas Nacionales de Chalco. Includes also draft of answer, authorizing José María Caballero to make the payment. Stamp of office.
Local income used for payroll; Holtomi; Chiltomi; Majada; la Mariscala; la Granisada; San Juan; Potreros; Jaral; Cerro de Iztapaluca; El Moral; San Andrés; Altos de Tlalmanalco; Francisco Velázquez; request by José María Báez for sample of beans; departure of mules of Vital Fernández; English barley; Gamboa in Chalco; corn prices; Leocadio Galicia; Manuel Vastian.
Request of Liverato Núñez for return of papers; request by José María Bravo for aid in finding position; Somellera; delivery of wool to Palomar.
Visit to Arechaga on behalf of Atilano Sánchez; el Moral.
Watermark: G. SANDRINELLI TRIESTE.
Visit to the Aduana de Chalco to pay taxes on el Moral; increased payment on defaulted tax; payment in silver required; Julián; frijol de Hueyapam; Felipe.
Notice of José María Caballero on need for silver money for taxes in Chalco; Manuel Araoz; difference in values of silver and copper money.
Request for one dozen blankets for the mules.
Prospective purchase of house; Los Flamencos; Calle de la Monterilla; offer of his own house for rent at $110; inventory of the house.
Plan to protest the tax required by the Aduana de Chalco; payment requested. Includes also draft of reply, April 13; request that Sánchez pay the fine; difference in values of silver and copper money; Araus.
Protest against fine for delinquent taxes on el Moral.
Request for lodging during proposed business trip to Mexico.
Watermark as in 833.
Receipt of money from Juan Germán; Felipe and Juan Mondragón sent to purchase blankets and ropes; Francisco Velázquez; harvesting of beans; dike built at el Potrero and la Mariscala; hail damage on wheat; delivery of hay, barley, and charcoal.
Request for settlement of dispute over ownership of the house of Tagle; Pereda.
Request for delay in paying debt; price of corn.
Notice of allotment of income from el Moral. Itemized list. Reference to: Payments to the Cathedral; stock of barley; Recaudador del Juzgado de Capellanía; Pedro Fernández; María Loreto de la Encarnación; Castañiza; Convento Nuevo de la Enseñanza. Includes draft of answer.
Summary of money invested in el Moral. Includes also draft of answer, lamenting the possibility of bankruptcy. Includes also signed list entitled: Dinero qe. entregue pa. la habilitacion de las Hacdas del Moral y la Compa., listing sums paid to Riva Palacio, Manuel Robledo, Manuel Montañés, Francisco Tenorio, Julián, Ignacio Orduño, Antonio Prieto, Oláez, Plomero Jorge, Broncero Arias, and Padres Domínicos.
Postponement of interview on account of his father's illness.
Recommendation for Presbítero Prudencio Catalán; delay in correspondence with Tierra Colorada and Dos Caminos.
Watermark as in 833.
Request for payment of $150 to Francisco Velázquez.
Watermark as in 833 with eagle and serpent, letters DIOS Y LIBERTAD.
Request for $500 for payroll; Hermenegildo and Antonio sent with a mule for the money; mail sent through Hueyapam; Iztapaluca; delivery of hay, barley, and charcoal by canoe.
Promise to pay $200; notice of the wheat harvest.
Prospects for sale of bean crop; wheat harvest; $200 held for collection; Abrán; Zacualpan.
List of credits and deductions.
Watermark as in 833.
Report of hail damage; Felipe sent to town with mules; Gerónimo; return of check made out to the Cura de Iztapaluca; Callejón del Amor de Dios.
Proposed plan for sale of Moral; provision for payments to the Hospital de Terceros de San Francisco, the Juzgado de Capellanías. Includes draft of reply, objecting to the proposal.
Repairs needed for the mill; Tepoyango.
Sale of bean crop; wheat crop; corn prices.
Account of Desiderio García, resident of Valle de Huamutitlán; payment to Félix Aburto. Includes draft of reply, asking for consultation with Mascareñas and José María Caballero.
Request for payment of debt on el Moral; Administrador de Rentas de Chalco.
Watermark as in 833.
Report on difficulties facing the hacienda administration.
Plans for turning the hacienda over to Sra. Hernández; condition of the pastures and fields; Diego Álvarez.
Expression of regret over Riva Palacio's recent financial difficulties.
Proposed sale of house; payments overdue from Echabe and Vidaurrazaga; sale of wheat; Gregorio; Doloritas' recovery from illness.
Sale of beans; Chimal; agreement with the Vicario foráneo; effects of hail.
Storage of beans; absence of Caballero.
Effects of frost; proposed trip to Puebla to borrow money; Caballero.
Request for settlement of accounts; communications with the Administrador de Rentas de Chalco; José María Vázquez; payment of
Receipt from Primo Heaven; terms for payment of debt.
Request for postponement in payment of $500 debt; Gómez; difficulties blamed on changes in the Ministeries.
Transmittal of letter of Rivera.
Refusal of Riva Palacio to act as guarantor for the rent of Señora Santana; agreement with Francisco Moctezuma; complaint of financial loss.
Watermark as in 833.
Efforts to sell beans in Hueyapan; bean prices; $500 needed for the payroll; horse delivered to Rómulo; Felipe.
Receipt of documents concerning the hacienda.
Request of Cura Manuel Escudero for a mule; similar request from Gerónimo Maldonado.
Debt to Riva Palacio and Mier disclaimed.
Request of Rivera for 15-day postponement in payment of debt.
Efforts to collect $300 from Castro.
Request for payment of $200 debt; Mier; Echave.
Payment of $998 to Ángel González.
Equipment sent to the capital with Antonio Álvarez.
Delivery of beans; Caballero; poor crops; Cristóbal; Gamboa; skepticism of Indians about pay.
Preparations for visiting Riva Palacio; Concha; fences along Río Verde. Small, embossed design.
Delivery of mules by Juan Mondragón, Antonio Aragón, and Juan; delivery of corn to José María Gorli at granary of Mariano Lara; letter from José María Garrido.
Request for aid to his nephew in Chalco; José Natal. Addressed to Hacienda de la Compañía o en la panadería de José María Vázquez en Chalco.
Appointment of Riva Palacio to Junta.
Bill for $6,710 as representative of Señora Castañiza; transfer of debt by Atilano Sánchez; debt due the Convento de la Nueva Enseñanza.
Arrangements for sale of interest in el Moral; permission of the Administrador de Rentas de Chalco and Juan Irisarri. Includes draft of answer, authorizing Caballero to act in the name of Riva Palacio.
Welcome to la Compañía.
Payments made to Olaguíbel; promise of payment to Gregorio Mier.
Watermark: Ignacio.
Request for ten yoke of oxen, to be paid for after wheat harvest.
Dispute with José María Caballero over pay for some
Sale of el Moral; payment due the Administrador de Rentas de Chalco; Echave.
Return of corn sent to José Natal Espinosa; J. Slojo; claim made by José María Vázquez.
Military service of José Ceferino Herrera in the Batallón A[]o del Sur, his wounds, and his discharge; Colonel Juan Antonio Domínguez.
Reward of servant for aid during movement of furniture; theft of $7 by the cargadores.
Sale of corn suggested as means of paying debts.
Bond required for prospective buyer of bean crop; Linares of Cuautitlán; house washed away in rain; transportation of beans and wheat offered by José María Caballero; Hacienda de la Compañía; La Pulida; el perdido Tlapala; danger of damage to wheat by rats at Petlacoxtales.
Transmittal of letter to Atilano Sánchez.
Watermark: JCLI.
Transmittal of documents for the Jueces arbitros; payment of Rivera referred to Gregorio Mier; Herrera; Caballero.
Watermark: 1830.
Accounts of Manuel Somellera handled by Benito Palomar; summary of store inventory and proceeds.
Sale of beans; prices; Don Cristóbal; José María Caballero.
Financial difficulties; offer to sell six pictures and a round table. Includes draft of answer, sending check for $140 on house of Landa and Company, Maderería del Puente Solano; sale of mules.
Watermark: BELLANDO.
Corn prices; proposed trip to Chalco.
Difficulty of collecting debt from Gorle(i).
Watermark: Shield with crown inside design; letters CONCORDE ET FIDELITÉ S & E.
Corn prices in Chalco; plan to hold corn pending increase in price.
Tax due on wheat crop of 1836; payment by José María Caballero.
Poverty of the laborers from San Martín; danger of petty crimes; Manuel Lachua (?).
Evaluation of laborers from San Martín; José María (Caballero?); debts to the hacienda store.
Expression of friendship.
Transfer of office and documents to Ilzarbe; collections from Echabe; Herrera; request for payment.
Request for three bridles, to be delivered by Pereda.
Sale of mules; tepiletes; El Peñón; Ayotla.
Message sent by Julián Mascareñas; Olaguíbel's payments; payment to Manuel Calderón for wheat harvesting; purchase of tobacco.
Payment for 500 arrobas of hay.
Sale of straw.
Delivery of mules; sale of wheat; Echabe; delivery of all mill products; drought; barley planted at El Moral. Incomplete.
Order for trousers from Sastre Rico; Concha; debt due Rivera.
Notice of payment of $2000 by Isidro Echave.
Appointment of an arbiter in legal dispute; claim of Rivera; José María Caballero. Embossed design: “Bath.”
Watermark as in 903.
Care and feeding of draft animals at El Moral.
Corn prices; Herrera; purchase of iron.
List of household items sold, and prices; sale of clock, mules, cows; Olaguíbel.
Sale of mules for $140.
Subscription to the
Request for permission to graze oxen on the hacienda pastures; Bocanegra.
Promise of interview and discussión.
Claim of Atilano Sánchez for $6,710 to be paid to the estate of Señora Castañiza.
Payment for calf; agreement with José María (Caballero).
Claim for $42 due from Macedonio Martínez.
Efforts to collect debt from José María Gorle; accounts with José María Caballero; suggested impounding of property.
Deposit of load of iron and steel with the Customs.
Efforts to have Gorle appear before the Juzgado Constitucional; Gorle's escape; rendezvous at house of Flores; offer to his debtors.
Payment of $2,176 to Manuel Echave; delivery to Ilzarbe; appointments by the Junta del Banco.
Accounts with Atilano Sánchez; protest of the uncivil language used to him.
Account with Manuel Echave; rain; Vital.
Delivery of two pair of trousers; money due Rivera; Olaguíbel; increase in family expected; Pepe. Embossed design as in 880.
Efforts to collect debt from Rodríguez.
Watermark: FWE.
Payment in copper refused; agreement with Caballero; Gómez; money due Rivera; trip to Puebla.
Payment to Echave in copper money refused; Ilzarbe; return of check.
Efforts to have property of José María Gorle impounded; delivery of corn in canoes; Caballero.
Inventory of the mill sent to Isidro Echabe; complaint over age of the mules.
Claim for payment from the Mayordomo del Convento de las Inditas; income from El Moral. Includes draft of reply, explaining delay in payment; losses suffered from hail; Caballero.
Transmittal of letter to Mexico.
Request for the loan of his wheelchair for the use of writer's uncle Joaquín.
Transmittal of letter by José María Vázquez; request for delay in paying debt.
Offer to rent his house in Mexico for $100 per month.
Description of illness; request for service in the home of Riva Palacio; Calle de Tiburcio.
Payment made by Garrido for Guadalupe Iriarte; legal complications in Chalco.
Payment made for water furnished by José María Caballero; José Primitivo.
Return of eight yoke of oxen.
Birthday greetings.
Offer to pay for damages caused by loose horses.
$300 received from Rivera; Caballero; Bastian.
Receipt of $100 in copper money.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
Request for Riva Palacio to act as attorney for his son, Pedro Rivera.
Legal affairs placed in the hands of Foncerrada to present to the Síndico; Don Alfonso; Teocoaltiche; will of Gómez.
Closed port of Mazatlán; contraband trade at San Blas; repairs to warehouses; project of Romero and Bustamante; legislation in the Cámara de Senadores; Administrador de Lagos; Corro; Cervantes; Lebrija; approval of national budget.
Watermark as in 833.
Error in payment of $1400 by José María Caballero to José María Aragón, Administrador de Buenavista; Zamora; Diego Moreno; Hacienda de Guaracha.
Watermark: Eagle and serpent; legend REPÚBLICA FEDERAL MEXICANA.
Illness of daughter of Manuel Somellera; key to warehouse delivered to Negrete; postponement of payment.
Illness of daughter Carmen; message sent to Cámara for Rico for payment of debt; Palomar.
Transmittal of accounts to Teodosio and José María Basilio; Tixtla; accounts of the Caporal de Jaltianguis and of José María Mejía; José Guzmán; services to Guerrero; Marianita.
Account of Manuela Velasco for $117 forwarded by Manuel Somellera; Benito Domínguez.
Illness of Mariquita; property of Antonio A. Terán held for Gregorio Mier y Terán; account of Señora Velasco sent to Gutiérrez; death of Cura Murguía, and Escribano Parra.
Receipt of bill for collection from Landa.
Inventory in tabular form; lists livestock, farm implements, and furniture.
Invitation declined; urgency of plowing new land.
Transmittal of letter via Herrera; La Marina de Chalco; house on Puente de Monrán (?) rented; Gregorio Terán; approval of Joaquín de Iturbide; Pepe, his son; trip of Caballero to Mexico; Concha.
Delivery of twenty loads of wheat for planting.
Request for return of furniture to El Moral; delay in payments by Señora Castañiza.
Watermark as in 833.
Offer of his house for rent at $100 monthy.
Watermark as in 833.
Receipt of $2110 from José María Caballero in the name of Mariano Castro of Puruándiro; Buena Vista; Aragón.
Transfer of furniture; Herrera; Julián; Concha.
Delay in delivery of wheat; Jueces Hacedores.
Watermark as in 833.
Delivery of mules and horses by Felipe; papers delivered by Gerónimo.
Offer to participate in a program of speculation in wheat; Mier.
Watermark as in 903.
Receipt of inventory.
Request for $150 for Chiltomi; absence of Caballero.
Request for $8; subscription to
Watermark as in 848.
Announcement of birth of daughter; Vázquez' service as fiador; mules taken by Antonio Aragón; instructions of Manuel Cadena.
Delay in departure of Manuel [Cadena]; delivery of beans; Hermenegildo sent for money.
Note of thanks for a visit.
Watermark as in 848.
Payment of laborers left to José María Báez; delivery of barley; Francisco Veláquez; Ameca; prices of wheat; purchase of wheat from Fagoaga of La Laja; Miraflores; Manuel Cadena; mules sent to Mexico; need for $300 to pay debt in Buena Vista; Nestipac; La Joya; delivery of firewood to the capital; corral erected at edge of Hacienda de González; letters from Axalco and Chalco; exchange of horses; death of daughter.
Request for the loan of the piano of Riva Palacio for the use of Marianita and Vicente, who are under his care.
Watermark: J. WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1836.
Recommendation for Juan de Dios Puente.
Transmittal of uniform.
Watermark as in 848.
Delivery of last flour from the mill; permit for Vicente to go to Mexico; Manuel Cadena; Miraflores; Tirado; Maldonado; blacksmith work; Vázquez.
Acknowledgement of receipt of material help sent her; thanks to Don Luis and Doña Mariquita.
Arrangement for delayed payments to the Convento Nuevo de la Enseñanza; suggested use of corn crop as security for loan; request for inventory of haciendas for Federico Doring. Includes draft of answer.
Request for return of wheat previously committed; delivery of wood by Francisco Herrera in Chalco; payment for mules. Includes draft of answer and a letter to Caballero with instructions on future relations with Germán.
Letter brought by Julián; employment of relative of Vicente as milpero.
Complaint of his imprisonment under jurisdiction of Lic. Herrera; injustice of his imprisonment; opposition to the Centralist Constitution; Ministerio de Gracia y Justicia; request for copy of his amnesty; discharge by Vicente Guerrero; distress of his family.
Request for inventory of El Moral as prepared by Manuel Robledo for Federico Doring.
Request for interview.
Announcement of marriage of niece Simona to Higinio Navarro; José María Caballero.
Watermark as in 848.
Schedule of delivery of wheat to José María Vázquez; Ponce de León; Andrés Pliego; money needed to pay Olaguíbel and the Juzgado de Letras; Gregorio; Juan Guzmán; dairy account; delivery of charcoal; delivery of barley to José de la Cámara; damage by grasshoppers; irrigation of wheat; difficulty with Francisco Vela over water supplies; José María Garrido; quarrel with Castillo; transmittal of letter from Julián to Abarca.
Receipt of $100 from Riva Palacio for house rent at Balvanera No. 1, property of the Mayorazgo de Vega y Vio (Bío?).
Watermark: Bird and castle inside design; letters GM and ALMASSO.
Request for payment of $30 owed by José María Caballero for purchase of horse; agreement with Manuel Azpilcueta.
Watermark as in 848.
Delivery of barley to José de la Cámara; settlement of account with Salvador Pérez for beans, barley, and charcoal; Manuel Cadena; $100 collected from Andrés Varela; money needed to pay Olaguíbel; wheat field at Xonacatla and Nestipac; Peojo; Altamirano; Liston; crops at El Moral; Mayordomo José Antonio; Andrés Pliego.
Water diverted by Isidro Echave to irrigate at Zavaleta; effect on the mill.
Hospitable treatment in Guayaquil; aid from Rocafuerte; delivery of letter by General Manuel Antonio Lizárraga (?); greetings to Vicensito; concern over care of his daughter.
Postponement of payment; visits to fair at San Juan de los Lagos; Herrera.
Watermark as in 848.
Visit of José Garrido to Mexico; disposition of the coach.
Trip of Antonio Álvarez to obtain money from Salvador Pérez; payroll account.
Financial involvement of Prudencio with Meléndez; Antonio Álvarez; movement of furniture; Antonio Escobedo; illness of Dolores; Celís.
Watermark as in 995.
Arrival in Guadalupe.
Transmittal of certificate; return of payment.
Watermark as in 848.
Interview with Ildefonso del Castillo for Barrio; production of honey; factory of Don Henrique; wedding gift; Rivera; José Antonio; Iztapaluca; order of Jacinto for barley.
Payment of debts; departure of José Antonio.
Report on crops at Hacienda de la Compañía, wheat crop at Xonacate and Llano de San Lucas; effects of drought and hail; need for irrigation.
Financial troubles of Doña Paz and Don Juan; request for payment of overdue debts; education of Riva Palacio's children; Marianita.
Illness of Ramoncito; greetings to Dolores.
Report of fight between Antonio Aragón and José Florencio of the Pueblo de la Magdalena; order for delivery of Aragón to authorities for imprisonment.
Interrogation over order of Caballero for Vicente Rangel not to let anyone pass along the road to Abelar or Tepolica; road to Reyes; Barbera.
Report of fight between Antonio Aragón and José Florencio of La Magdalena; request for delivery of Aragón to the authorities.
Notice of overdue taxes; collection of
Notice of intent to use El Monte and need for legal action before the Juez de Letras.
Notice to appear before Juez de Letras to assist in settling bankruptcy proceedings against Pascual []nes; Calle de San Francisco; Judge José Manuel Zozaya; income from chinampas of Guerrero.
R.P. D. Episcopi Angelopolitani.
Appointment of Juan de Dios Puente as Procurador of the court. Indorsements by the Tribunal de revisión de Cuentas, April 10, 1838; by Morales; by the Tesorería General de la Nación, April 1, 1838, with rubric; Lara; Tesorería Departamental de México, April 9, 1838, with unidentified rubric; M. Royale (Bazuela?); Dirección general de Rentas, April 10, 1848, signed Pavón; also by Mar[ian]o Hierro.
Interview with Francisco Velázquez concerning Uexoculco and Tlalmanalco.
Notice of appointment by José Mariano Belaunzarán as legal representative to collect debt due from Vicente Guerrero; purchase of 250 horses for $1,500 from Juan de Dios Belaunzarán at Hacienda de Árego in 1828; interview with Mariano Riva Palacio.
Transmittal of letter of the Ministro de lo Interior, recommending to the Suprema Corte de Justicia the appointment of Samartín to vacancy as Juez de Circuito.
Countersigned: Basilio José Arrillaga, Srio. Sección de Temporalidades; previous delay in payment of debt on the Hacienda de San José Chalco authorized on recommendation of José Fernández de Celís; thirty-day extension of delay. Includes incomplete draft of answer, dated July 31, 1838, explaining his financial status and inabilty to pay; effect of hail; Recaudador Ilzarbe; request for longer delay. Embossed heading. Embossed design: BATH SUPERIOR.
Refusal of the Junta to give special consideration to Riva Palacio.
Urrea's entry into Mazatlán; departure of Vega; advance on San Blas; Guzmán; Angn (?); Arias; Gutiérrez; Montenegro; advance on Santa Anna and Estipac; departure of Paredes with one battalion; paralyzation of commerce; efforts to enter Tequila; victory of the Seguridad Pública; despair of help from Italy or France; execution of Cura Ceballos at Tamazula; plan to leave Mexico.
Election of Pacheco as deputy; receipt of Canaba and
Tuition for French lessons for son of Mariano Riva Palacio.
Popularity of Joaquín Ponce de León; elections; resignation of Tirado; subscription to
Notice of vacancy in the Juzgado de Circuito; Guerra Manzanares.
Sale of barley; Vela; Luisita; Mariquita; Luis; preparations for Easter; value of house.
Interview with Julián Mascareñas over defaulted debt; claim made to José María Caballero.
Hospitality of Rocafuerte; news of French attack at San Juan de Ulúa; French warship off Ecuador coast; return to Acapulco; welcome by Juan Álvarez; residence with relatives of Álvarez; praise for peaceful government of Ecuador.
Discussion of certificate prepared for Osorio, Jefe de la Mesa; guarantee of loan by Moncada; Subcomisario de Chilapa; Receptoría de Rentas; Guadalupita; Doloritas.
Decision of the Junta del Banco Nacional to allow Manuel de Ilzarbe to collect debt from Mariano Riva Palacio for rent on the Hacienda de San José Chalco, alias La Compañía. Includes draft of answer, notifying Barrio of the situation. Embossed: Banco Nacional.
Transmittal of order of the Junta del Banco Nacional for Ilzarbe to collect debt from Riva Palacio on rent for Hacienda de San José Chalco, in spite of the appeal to Felipe Neri del Barrio.
Release of boys who took part in street brawl with Riva Palacio's coachmen.
Lament over present unhappiness; high praise for the government of Ecuador; hospitality shown by Juan Álvarez; Juan Rodríguez; Cañedo.
Receipt of letter from Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero; insecurity of mails in Acapulco.
Transmittal of letter via Álvarez and Captain Hernández; plan to leave Mexico again; protests of friendship.
Watermark: BELLANDO.
Deliveries to house of José Fernández de Celís, Calle de San Bernardo.
Countersigned Basilio José Arrillaga. Report of the Junta on request made to Felipe Neri del Barrio concerning rent on the Hacienda de la Compañía. Embossed: Banco Nacional.
Order for delivery of cattle at Tierra Colorada to Álvarez given by Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero; instructions to Nicolás del Castillo and Caporal José Teodosio; Moctezuma.
Payment by José María Bocanegra of $3 fine for delay in carrying out legal action against estate of Guerrero. Also signed: Fernández.
Recommendation of Barrio; request for interview.
Request for payment of $475 rent on house of Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero in Tierra Colorada; payment to Vicente Marcos Catalan; estate of Guerrero.
Delay in sending property title to the Bishop; Cardoso; Olivares.
Decision of the Junta of the Banco Nacional to take over the Hacienda de San José Chalco (La Compañía) pending further action; Felipe N. del Barrio.
$4 received from Riva Palacio for Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero; Juan Álvarez.
Juan (?)'s shortage of funds; Juan de Dios Cañedo elected; request sent to Ministro de Hacienda for explanation of his sudden discharge; help of Ignacio (su sobrino, que fue gobernador) solicited: help from Güemes “Contador en la Casa de Moneda” solicited; approval of Corro at head of government instead of Escobedo.
Notice of $20,000 due Dr. Manuel Rubín de Celís, late Cura of San Cristóbal Ecatepec; Secretaría de Hipotecas; Libro de Censos; Juan Antonio Yermo; Hacienda de Temisco in Cuernavaca; Escribano José Joaquín Arroyo; Bernardo de Quirós; Manuel Fernández. Includes approval by José Mejía, Alcalde Constitucional de primera nominación, countersigned: Antonio Pintos, Notario Público. Includes certificate by Lic. Juan Nepomuceno de Vértiz, Secretario del Excelentísimo Ayuntamiento y de Hipotecas, quoting paragraph from the Libro de Censos on obligation of the Hacienda de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Temisco; Chisco; witnesses; Felipe Marradón, Francisco Cervantes, Francisco Bernal, and Juan Francisco de Velasco.
Disagreement between Teodosio and representative of Álvarez in counting heads of cattle; account of the fight; Brea.
Appointment with Riva Palacio and Zea.
Acceptance of plan for monthly payments; sales at the fair; Leñero.
Countersigned: Basilio José Arrillaga. Notice of the Junta that unless the $9,523 on the Hacienda de San José Chalco are paid, the amount will be taken from Riva Palacio's guarantors.
News of his marriage; poor mail service at Zamora; Josefita; birth of María Gertrudis Estefana de Jesús; Juan de Dios [Leñero?]
Valdés; Cuevas; Mariquita; family notices.
Bill sent to Julián Mascareñas. List of items, referring to José María Caballero; cattle; harness.
News of his mother's death; Doloritas; Guadalupe.
Order for payment to Sancho and Mant[]a; store of José Estrada; José de Jesús; José Miguel Pacheco; Cuevas; Valdez.
Request for delivery of clothing held by Quevedo; question of matrimony.
Money collected by Cuevas and Cabreras; payment promised by Riva Palacio.
Popular demand for opening of canal; Zagaceta; interview with officials at Tlahuac; intervention by official in the capital. Embossed design: letters ACS.
Watermark: Eagle and castle within design; letters GIOR MAGNANI. 4. Transmittal of letter from Riva Palacio.
Watermark: J. WHATMAN 1837.
Gratitude for Riva Palacio's care of his daughter; money collected by Álvarez for the Rancho de Jaltianguiz; imprisonment of the Caporal de Lagunillas; José Teodosio.
Watermark: Lion rampant facing right; letters BENto PICARDO 4.
Transmittal of decision of the Junta de la Congregación del Santísimo Cristo de Burgos in the Convento Grande de San Francisco, appointing Tesorero José Joaquín de Rozas to examine the debt of Manuel Francisco Gutiérrez and his representative Mariano Riva Palacio, and to decide whether to extend the time limit for payment.
Deposit of $98; request carriage be sent to “mi hermana la Monja de Puebla”; Ansorena; death of Batre's daughter; Cortaias (?); death of Altamirano; illness of Batres; Arrillaga.
Sale of 160 hogs to Jacinto Pérez; Salvatierra; prices; request for payment of debt to Garivay; Castellanos; Camargo; Ignacio.
Account opened with $1,484; Sancho; Mant[]a; S. de Jesús.
Sale of honey, sugar, and cattle; order for 80 barrels of brandy; shortage of money; note against Rubín for $1,300; Paulita Trueba.
Request for loan for purchase of cattle; Osta.
Refusal to accept substitution of the Hacienda de San Gaspar for payment of debt; value of the sugar cane; Don Manuel; interview with Terán; Zurutuza.
Offer of José Parada to render financial aid; possibility of loan from Rafael Rivas Cacho; Caballero. Includes draft of answer.
Receipt of corn delivered by Julián Mascareñas.
Plan to appeal to the Juez de Letras for separation from responsability for debts of his brother (in Law?) Manuel Francisco Gutiérrez; Judge Garagalde; payments required by J. J. Rozas.
Transmittal of power of attorney via Higinio Cervin for collection of $1,551 debt; Mesón de Balvaneda; Jefatura Superior de Hacienda; Juan de Dios [Leñero?]; Alas; Cobantes; Cervantes; José Miguel Pacheco; insecurity of the mails.
Receipt of decree of the President favoring his pension; Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero.
Expense account of Matías de Mier on trip to Tepic forwarded to Gregorio de Mier.
Difficulties in obtaining baptismal certificate for Antonia, required in her school; search in Morelia.
Approval of draft of new contract.
Withdrawal of previous offer of loan; offer of one half the amount.
Mission of José Fernández to Chalco to arrange attachment of the Hacienda de Aculco pending payment of debt; Caballero; Rondán. Embossed design: BATH SUPERFINE.
Mission of José Fernández to Chalco to arrange attachment of Hacienda de Aculco pending payment of debt; La Llera; Rondán; payment for barley made to Prieto.
Watermark as in 1063.
Offer made by Parada; Luis Colín.
Visit to Miguel Herrero; his illness; inability to repay $10; Lic. Esteva. Embossed design; Seashell with WEYNEN.
$177 paid by Somellera and delivered to Tía Mariquita; objection to albaceazgos; Arce; Mariana; Dolores. Embossed design as in 1083.
Arrival of Pedro Arce; thanks for gift; Mariana; Isabel; Juan Crisóstomo. Embossed as in 1083.
Negotiations with the Cofradía; Diputado de la Ve. Meza Andrés Abelino Tapia. Design as in 1085.
Negotiations with the Cofradía de la Virgen de Istapalucan; proposed purchase of land.
Secularization of Díaz and assignment of curate; request for payment to José Ascubi for purchases of silk; deliveries by Mateo Salgado of Jonacate; Portal de las Flores; Padre Lizalde; Pablo Peralta; Ramón Hijo.
Discussion proposed with Jiménez for settlement of debt; message for O.; Gutiérrez.
Petition of sister of Ozta before the Juzgado de Letras; papers in possession of Rafael Rivascacho; trip to Acuautla.
Delay in payment of pension from the mayorazgo de Guerrero; request for aid; Herrera; Cacicazgo de Chilapa.
Request for payment for fifty loads of wheat; Hacienda de la Compañía; Rancho Aljacuva; Simón Rivera (Segura).
Interview with La Naredo; Dolores; Mariana; Isabel; Crisóstomo.
Request for money for payroll and Diezmos.
Revolution in Guadalajara; street fighting; José Miguel [Pacheco?]; Manuel Rosas wounded; financial needs; Labat; Lolilla; Doloritas.
Accounts with Brabo and Asencio; Jesús Asencio; José Miguel. Includes draft of note for $7,835 intended for payment to Vicente Bravo.
Rumors of Santa Ana's uprising in Jalapa; attitude of Bustamante; Manuel Andrade at Santa Mónica; Antonio Munilla candidate for Senate; payment to José de Jesús Sancho; Jesüs Ascencio to be guarantor for Vicente Bravo.
Interview with Miguel Garibay; money received from Gregorio and Miguel; offer by Pérez Gálvez; purchase of calves from Durango; Mier; Los Reyes; San Isidro; Chalco; Cristóbal; Ayotla; Rafael Saldaña.
Warning of long separation and aid needed.
Return of Carrera; Astarot (?); uprising favored by the
Partial payment by Caballero refused.
Report of the Juez de Paz de Tlalmanalco on Ixtap[]a, Ameca, Tenango, and Ayocingo; draft of men for help in guarding jail during rebellion; command of Sergeant Luis Ortega; Tlayacapa.
Return of report by Juez de Paz de Tlalmanalco.
Shortage of money for feeding prisoners; no funds sent by Tlalmanalco; size and composition of Tlalmanalco; Territories of Tenango, Ayapango, Juchi, Tlalnepantla, Tlayacapa, Totolapa, Atlatlanca, Tepetlixpa, Atlautla, and Ecacingo; condition of the prision. Includes statement by José Vicente Rayón, undated, explaining the change from three to six pesos monthly per prisoner; decrease of income because of increased expenses for public education; schools set up at San Gregorio, San Martín, Tlapala, and Huejoculco, as well as the Haciendas of Zavaleta, Moral, Guadalupe, and La Compañía; division of the Fondos de común; expenses of road repair; prisioners sent from Ameca and Ozumba; use of local militia during recent rebellion. Includes indorsement of Joaquín Ponce de León, Chalco, August 31, 1840 and marginal note by Noriega, Texcoco, August 27, 1840.
Sale of wheat; Juan López; Manuel Cadena; Suchitenco; Chalco; Cristóbal; end of drought; Magueyes; Santa Catarina; cattle grazing in Santa Cruz and Yaguey; money needed for the payroll.
Changes in system of payments for the viaticum; need for better organization; Coatepec; Chalco; Juzgado Municipal de Ixtapaluca; San Francisco Acuautla; Gregorio Flores; Alcalde Auxiliar; aranceles; Vicente [Rayón]; Lic. Antonio Rebollar.
Request for aid in providing increased funds for care of prisoners; money borrowed from prisoners' funds by Toluca and Mexico; custom of levying contributions to make up deficit; payments not made by Haciendas de La Compañía, Guadalupe, and Zavaleta; shortages in towns of San Gregorio, San Martín, Huyjoculco, and Tlapala and haciendas of El Moral, González, and Atoyac; use of funds for public instruction; co-operation in capturing robbers.
Request for aid in settling the question of funds for the prisoners; return of letter of Rayón; transmittal of expediente from the Juzgado de Paz; Miraflores; illness of Mariquita; Felipe [?]; permit for firearms.
Recall of son Vicente from abroad; description of his poverty; summary of his services and offices; request for aid in employment.
Payment to J. Sancho and J. Palomar; illness of Manuel Moreno; death of mother-in-law.
Chart showing accounts, totaling $19,933; list of income and expenses. References to: Casaval; Bartolo González; Leocadio Ortega; José María Caballero; Hacienda de la Compañía; José Gutiérrez; San Gregorio; Chalco; Juan Tendero; Peón Lascano; Antonio Aragón; purchase and sales of cattle; tools and hardware; transportation costs; barley; Alberjon; beans; corn; donkeys; harness; morillaje; Cruz Valencia; Chiltomi; Murillo; hay; ropes.
Payment delivered to J. M. G. Sancho: residence of Manuel Moreno in Tacubaya; construction of house and bakery; death of José Manuel; payment to Guadalupe Blengua (?).
$200 delivered to Lucio Chávez; new office of Riva Palacio; care of the estate; corn prices; Mariquita.
Planting in Santiaguita a part of Compañía; request for interview on conditions on the hacienda.
Removal of family to Tlamacazapa; Marianita and Camilita; illness in family; organization of the mails.
(?) Bravo; interview in Buen Rostro; Lorenzo; Posada; Lic. Anzorena; Hacienda de San Francisco Acuautla.
Official Title: Tesorero Dignidad de la Santa Iglesia Cathedral, Juez ordinario, Visitador de Testamentos, Capellanías y Obras pías; establishment of capellanía; house on Calle primera de Santo Domingo used as security; Escribano Real José Morales; days to be celebrated: Santa Ana, San Ildefonso, and San Miguel Arcángel.
Death of Margarita; Jose Miguel (cousin); medical services of Dr. Arroyo; Church of San Francisco; Aunt Eduvigis.
Death of Aunt Margarita Martínez de los Ríos; Vicente (Ríos); José Miguel.
Arrival of manifests from ships:
Investigation of the death of a prisoner; Agustinito; San Pablo; Rurale de Quevedo.
Interference with the mails;
Entry into San Pablo with cavalry detachment; agreement for Calderón to move troops to Istapa and Zumpanhuacan; attitude of civilians; Seguridad Pública; Tenanc[]o; search of the house of “el tío Padre”; Joaquín Villegas; Felipe Quevedo; Noriega. Addressed to: Exmo. Sr. D. Mariano R. Palacio Gobr. del Estado de Mejico, Toluca. Date not legible; contents indicate that the year is probably 1851.
Relief of Riva Palacio as guarantor by the Banco Nacional; Doloritas.
Death of Pacheco's aunt and of Castaños' uncle José Antonio Llano; Nicolás de la Peña; José de la Cámara; receipt of loan.
Complaint against Caballero; request for aid. Addressed to Hacienda de Acuautla. Embossed design: WEYNEN.
Interview concerning lands at Chalco; Olmedo. Written on back of printed form from Antonio Pesqueira to José María Caballero dissolving partnership with José Francisco Velázquez in the Mill at San Nicolás del Moral. Reference also to Salvador Pérez.
Illness in family; request for delay in lawsuit against Garrido.
Request for delay in eviction of José María Caballero from the Hacienda de Tlaxomulco; lease to Mariano López.
Request for deposition to be taken at the Contaduría Mayor; assistance of Lieutenant Colonel Agustín Vicente Zamorano offered; Ministerio de la Guerra, Mesa de Operaciones; insignia of the Comandante de Escuadrón.
Apology for harsh words in earlier letter; criticism of José María Caballero; Garrido; illness.
Collection of debt authorized by Quintanilla.
Default of debt by José Miguel Garibay; Ramón Cuevas.
Assistance of José María Garrido in negotiation with L[]o Espinosa; estate of Miranda.
$2,300 turned over to José María Castaños of Tepic, credited to Francisco Amezcua; Vicente Llano. Embossed design with BATH.
Criticism of government; suggestion that he be appointed Administrador de Aduanas in San Blas, Machado in Mazatlán, and Cayetano Rubio to be Director General; Guaymas; Almonte; Santana; Valencia, Álvarez; Negrete; Veracruz; Alvarado; Acapulco; Colima; Santiago; departure of Somellera.
Settlement of account between José María Yermo and Mariano Riva Palacio (represented by Lic. Luis Perea). Witnesses, L. Pereda and Miguel Arístegui.
Plan for meeting and election of officers for the Junta General de la Empresa de Tlalpam para Explotación de Ramo de la Seda; Plazuela de Jesús; Posada de las Diligencias; Callejón de Dolores.
Report on the meeting of the Junta for the Ramo de la Seda; elections: Ministro de la Suprema Corte de Justicia Don José María Bocanegra to be president; Mariano Riva Palacio, Vice-President; General Ignacio Basadre, Secretary; Ignacio Cumplido, Secretary; Lorenzo Carrera, Treasurer; Ignacio Cortina Chávez, Contador; Juan Durán, Benito Quixano, and Colonel Tiburcio Cañas to the Comisión Censora; Isidro Rafael Gondra, General Manuel Céspedes, Esteban Guénot, Lic. Francisco Olaguíbel, and Colonel Gerónimo Villamil to the Comisión para redactar el reglamento. Next meeting to be held at the University.
Account of trip from New Jersey to Veracruz; employment at $5-6 a week; business partnership; purchase of business; growth of business; account of family; daughter Carolina; offer to help relatives find employment.
Announcement of meeting of the Empresa General para Explotación del Ramo de la Seda at the Museo Nacional.
Announcement of meeting of the Empresa General para Explotación del Ramo de la Seda at the Museo Nacional.
Need for the use of the wharf under the custody of García; José María Caballero; Tagle; Procurador Clemente Vélez; Manuel Cadena.
Announcement of the meeting of the Empresa General para Explotación del Ramo de la Seda.
Purchases at the Molino del Moral; Acuautla; Pesqueira; Trillo; Isidro.
Receipt of pamphlet encouraging development of silk production in Mexico; Garrido.
Suspension of work on
Notice of his illness; negotiations with the judge; Antonio Rodríguez; Godoy.
Transmittal of pamphlet written to defend himself against criticisms of his policy and actions at Chilapa; defense of the federalists; order to Manuel Gracida, Juez de Letras of Acapulco.
Delay in payment by Manuel Francisco Gutiérrez, brother-in-law of Riva Palacio; possession of the Hacienda de San Gaspar.
Announcement of proposed discussion with Tiburcio Gómez La Madrid. Includes draft of answer, requesting aid for Gutiérrez and discussion of the debt with La Madrid.
Request for new chandelier to replace broken one; unusually cold weather. Embossed design: BATH.
Plan to withdraw into the mountains to escape possible assassination; distribution of pamphlet defending his past actions; charges of inciting Indians to revolt; “los asuntos de Chilapa”; publication favoring the Jesuits; return of Tapia; Diego Álvarez. Includes short letter by Manuel Primo Tapia on his business in Tixtla.
Letters received from Somellera in New York; protest of foreign ministers against the “Ley del 15%”; growth of internal contraband trade; danger of blockade of northern ports; San Blas; Mazatlán; return of Jesuits deplored.
Work in Guanajuato; robbery by employees; Marianita; care of Juan and Parecita; employment offered Juan Puente; medical studies in San Andrés; work in store in El Puente del Fierro and in El Barrio de la Palma, later in los Llanos de Apán; work in bakery; collection of tithes in Ixtlahuaca; contraband cigarette factory in Jiquipilco, Cordillera del Monte de las Cruces; danger of execution by Spanish; service in the Ejército Trigarante; commercial employment in Tulancingo; residence in Zinquilucan as secretary of the Ayuntamiento; work in Lancasterian establishment in Tulancingo; secretary of the Prefectura; service as arriero; school teaching in Pachuca; secretary for the Monteros Family; work as miner; unsuccessful business ventures in Mexico; comparison of his vicissitudes with the Periquillo; request for aid in finding employment; la Ladrillera; Atilano Sánchez. Includes signed note by niece Mariana R. Palacio de Sierra. Embossed design.
Demand for payment of debt sent by José María Castera, Secretario del Establecimiento de Minería; previous arrangements with Quintana; letter sent via Plácido Ibarra; losses caused by recent hail; Pilarsito. Includes unsigned copy of request for payment.
Opportunity to sell corn in Chalco; arrival of José María Caballero awaited.
Complaint against forced contribution for preparation of campaign against Texas; damage caused by hail on March 26; lack of water; excessive rains since June 18; condition of the fields; comparison with the year [17]86; criticism of Alamán; raising of cinnamon; law course at the University [of Guadalajara]; Juan Gutiérrez Mayen; trip to Cipriano; transmittal of gift to Manuel Ocampo.
Receipts from Joaquín Silva; shortage of money from taxes and Customs; “ley de capitación”; inability of Governor to interfere in collections; Bishop García Diego; Juez de Paz called to stop disturbance; Camarita Ignacio.
Visit with Juan Álvarez at La Providencia; request of Manuel Primo Tapia for news of his daughter.
Accounts of José María Caballero; payment of $300 by José María Báez; bill of $136 for grass; $225 owed by Mariano López; sale of corn in Chalco; corn prices; Gamboa; Mier; Escandón.
Property left to
Delay in Payment of debt; Cervantes' drugstore; Manuel Altamirano; José Palomar; Ignacio; Tío José Miguel [Pacheco?].
Negotiations with Sra. Lerdo, wife of Urquiaga; death of uncle Gabriel in Spain; Francisco Lerdo; Concurso de Eguía; payments made in Cádiz; José María Urquiaga; José Joaquín de Eguía. Includes copy of power of attorney by Luis S. Leñero made out to Doña Ángeles Lerdo de Urquiaga.
Visit to Axalco postponed; Señora Vosey (?); trip to San Agustín de las Cuevas.
Departure of Álvarez for Iguala; plans for an uprising; troops from Atoyac; Lieutenant Colonel Cesareo Ramos; Miguel García; Tecpam; use of funds from the Aduana Marítima; communication with Bravo; peacefulness of Chilpancingo; pronunciamiento in Teloloapam; Moreno; Paredes; D. N. at Guadalajara; plan for Congreso Provisional; death of Manuelita, daughter of Soledad of the
Departure of Morenos to join Álvarez at Chilpancingo; Ventavieja; message from Iguala; fortification of Chilapa; VillaR[ea]l; Rea; draft of men at Acapulco; entry of Santa Anna into the Ciudadela; Miguel García. Pencil Note: Je. Pastrana Platero en frente de la Sta. Escuela de Sto. Domingo. El Sr. Morales.
Opposition to Constitution of 1836; revolt in Jalisco; summary history of political divisions; unequal treatment in elections; Sonora made state in 1824; creation of Sinaloa; separation of Aguascalientes from Zacatecas; separation of Colima from Michoacán and Jalisco; separation of Tlaxcala from Veracruz and Puebla; comparison with Ancient Greece; recommended elements of the new department: Prefectures of Acapulco, Chilapa, Taxco, Tlapa, Subprefecture of Huétamo; District of Cuernavaca; convening of a Junta de Notables.
Rebellious feeling among the peons; opinion of the Indians; difficulty of making payments in silver; Mariquita.
Federalist uprising in Guadalajara; Governor Castañeda; meeting of Junta de Notables; efforts of Lic. Cumplido and Lic. Ángelo to calm the crowds; resignation of the government; election of Juan Nepomuceno Cumplido as Governor; Escobedo; Paredes; Lic. Zubieta made Secretario de Gobierno.
Transmittal of letter to the Secretario de Guerra y Marina, Mexico; approval of appointments made by Juan Álvarez: Miguel García to be Comandante Militar de la Plaza de Acapulco, Colonel Cesario Ramos to be Comandante Militar in Tecpan, Lieutenant Colonel Vicente Amaro to be Comandante Militar in Petatlán and Zacatula; Lieutenant Colonel Joaquín Margara to be Comandante Militar at Cacahuatepec, and Lieutenant Colonel Guad[]e Bello to be Comandante Militar in Tixtla.
Departure for Chilpancingo on mission for the government to open negotiations for settlement of dispute with Álvarez and Bravo.
Order to give up proposed trip to Iguala; Méndez; Cuernavaca.
Transmittal of letter from Bravo to Álvarez; offer to present the proposed separation of Acapulco from Mexico before the next Congress; Tacubaya; Méndez; Santibáñez.
Letter to Bravo at Chilpancingo; proposed interview; Primo Tapia.
Accounts of Gabriel [Leñero] with Señora [Ángeles] Lerdo; Concurso de Eguía; gift sent by way of Manuel Cortés; Anzorena.
Need to pay laborers in silver; example set by Tamaro Gran[]s (?) in Ayazingo, Gamboa in San Juan de Dios, and Tirso Conde in the Hacienda de la Asunción; payment in kind impractical; shortage of labor; poor crop prospects. Addressed to Calle del Hosp[]o de San Nicolás. Embossed: WEYNEN.
Return from [Chilpancingo de los] Bravos to the capital; Pedraza; Bravo's concession by leaving out of proposed new department the Prefectures of Iguala and Cuernavaca; inclusion of Costa Chica; Prefecto de Acapulco; separation of Pedraza from the Ministry; promotion of Álvarez to General de División; Tapia.
Letter from Tepecoaquilco; Varela; Chilpancingo.
Letters from Tepecoacuilco and Chilpancingo; earlier plans for new state with Chilapa or Tixtla as capital and another state with capital at Huejutla and with ports at Tampico and Acapulco; separation of a Distrito Federal; refusal to accept separation by force; suspicions of the motives of Bravo; Álvarez; objection of Santa Anna to removal of official mentioned by Bravo. Embossed design: BATH Superfine.
Notice of interview with Bravo in Chilpancingo; account of family relationship.
Meeting of Padre vicario, Juez Suplente del Territorio, Jueces primeros de paz, subalternos de los pueblos de San Pablo, Asulaquet, Santiago, Salinas Iscapanica [Ixcapaneca?], and Ixcapusalco and Rancherías of Temisapa, San Pedro Atengo, and Santa Luisa and Capitanes de Auxiliares; submission of the manifiesto of Bravo and Álvarez in Chilpancingo for separation of a Dept. of Acapulco; approval of manifiesto; election of members to attend the Junta de Notables; deposit in Subprefectura of Teloloapan; election of Francisco Flores and José Manuel Sánchez. Signatories: Manuel Flores, Juan N. Lirial, Rafael Díaz of Iscapaneca, Manuel Mariano for Santa Lucía, José María Villalobos, Cura Miguel Guerrero, Sinfor[]o Martínez of San Pablo, José Francisco of Ixcapaneca, José Manuel Sánchez Juez del Rincón, Juan Maña, Carlos Miranda; José Bernardino, Julián Salgado, José Aguilar, Francisco Díaz, Manuel Álvarez, Manuel Ignacio Baena, Francisco Flores, José Ignacio Álvarez, José Ignacio, José Francisco, Ignacio Arce Martínez, Juan Mateo, Onofre Díaz, Manuel Mariano, Mariano Ramos, Patricio Miguel, Pablo Lalo, Juan Baina, Pablo Cuesta, Manuel Álvarez, and Rafael Díaz.
Approval of Riva Palacio's communication with Pedraza; troops at Puente de Ixtla; General Miñón; proposed withdrawal from Chilapa; Diego; Méndez Embossed design: Crown with WHATMAN TURKEY MILL.
Request for loan.
Representatives from Ranchería de Tesilacatlan, Prevoti, Pasedones, Sauces, Saccitlamillo, and Mejicapan; presentation of plan of Álvarez and Bravo for new Department of Acapulco; Chilapa, Taxco, Tlapala, Huétamo, and Cuernavaca; Tomás Álvarez; election of Pedro M. Conejo, Rafael Cruz, and José María Román y Rabadán. Signatories: Cristóbal Mojica, Juan Rabadán, Urbano Degante, Crescencio Onofre, José M. Mojica, Juan Ramírez, Tomás Arzate, José Pedro Terán, Ignacio Bustamante, José Salgado, Lázaro Altamirano, Rafael Manjarres, José María Cañeda, Francisco Altamirano, Desiderio Roldán, Felipe Martínez, Agustín Manuel, José Buenaventura, Luis Altamirano, Francisco Nájera, Luis Quiñones, Guadalupe Rogel, Gregorio Tlaslavina (Haslavina?), Lorenzo Martín. Places represented: Tuilacotlan, Zapote, Pochote, Sacatlamillo, Los Sauces.
Letter sent to Álvarez; attitude toward Bravo; peaceful settlement in Durango; surrender of Tabasco to Muñoz; surrender of Yucatán awaited.
Program of the new administration; criticism of policy of Bravo; opposition to new department created by force; power of the Asamblea Nacional; threat to the Prefecto de Taxco; appeal for peaceful settlement.
Transmittal of letter from the Administrador de Correos de Bravos; Padre Catalán.
Identification of bearer of money for Riva Palacio.
Transmittal of gift from Feliciana; Bravos; Caballero.
Agreement by Álvarez and Bravo to peaceful settlement of the dispute; Junta de Notables dissolved. Incomplete.
Transmittal of letter from the Juez de Ixcateopam on subordination of Ixcateopam to the new Department of Acapulco.
Negotiations with Señora Lerdo; Concurso de Eguía; Anzorena.
Notice of actions taken by Taxco, Teloloapan, and Ixcateopan to join the department of Acapulco; Rafael Sánchez; Fernando Arce; meeting to be held in Chilpancingo; Iguala; Huitzuco. Marginal note on separatist movement in prefecture of Taxco.
Declarations of Sub-prefectures of Teloloapam and Ixcateopan to join the Department of Acapulco; plan to punish rebels.
Notice of disobedience of Teloloapan, Ixcateopan, and parts of Taxco; protest to Bravo and Álvarez; letters sent to Iguala, Tep[ecuacuil]co, and Chilapa. Addressed to Chilpancingo.
Credit for sale of corn handled by José María Caballero.
Request sent to Bishop of Puebla for permission to accompany Riva Palacio; reasons for refusal; civil disturbance in Tepecoacuilco; illness; San Agustín de las Cuevas.
Transmittal of letter of José María Tornel, Ministro de la Guerra, promoting Villarreal to Colonel; illegality of effort to set up new department by force; reward to town of Tecoanapa; Sección del Chichimeco; Costa Chica; Prefectura de Tlapa; Municipalidad de Ayutla.
Original plans of Álvarez and Bravo; hopes for new government. This copy is intended to accompany letter of November 17.
Special precautions with the mails; Pedraza; Primo Tapia; Diego [Álvarez]; Junta de Notables.
Relations with Álvarez; Pedraza; return of Riva Palacio via Puente de Ixtla and Sochitepec; Cuernavaca; José María Caballero; Feliciana; Doloritas Catalán.
Caballero; condition of the fields;
Recommendation for Lic. Pedro María Conejo, Juez de Letras del Partido de Taxco; Primo Tapia.
Request for José María Mejía to be named Administrador de Rentas, replacing Gregorio Carrillo; Tixtla.
Request for decision in the case of the widow of Sebastián de la Torre and the will of Cura Escudero.
Return of Riva Palacio from mission to Chilpancingo; report on talks.
Request for appointment as Administrador de Rentas; recommendation of Nicolás Bravo.
Trip to Ixtla; Tuxpan; Tepecoacuilco; Manuel Gómez; Bocanegra; resignation of Manuel; Mina de la Garza; Ex-Ministro Jiménez.
Acceptance of report on interview with Bravo and Álvarez; commendation for his services.
Inquiry about state of health; Chilpancingo; proposed departure for Chile; concerns of Álvarez; Doloritas, Feliciana; Doloritas Catalán.
Departure of Epifanio Saucedo; request for silk stockings; Eau de Cologne; Rose perfume; request for Spanish translation of Cabalarío's
Payment to Señora Ángeles Lerdo; Francisco; Gabriel; details of terms; Cádiz; Diego P. Penny & Co.; Rafael Padilla.
Return from Chilpancingo; illness with intestinal disorder; report on negotiations; Ixtla; San Cosme; Monje; Presidential reception; Pedraza; civil disturbance in Taxco; Valencia; Tornel; Santa Ana. Includes short letter to Bravo; Manuel Primo Tapia.
Negotiations with Atilano Sánchez; recommendation for Francisco Saavedra; Santa Anna; organization of Compañía Agrícola Suspeña; products raised for export to Europe: cotton, coffee, vanilla, and cacao.
Notice of election of Riva Palacio as Alcalde 30. Signed also A. Zerecero and José María Benítez.
Letter of Álvarez presented to the Ministry; Padre Prudencio; Lic. Gavilán; Ramón.
Emilio Ernu; Octavia Ernu; Paulina Ernu; Calle de los bajos de San Agustín.
The “ridícula” Junta de Notables in Chilpancingo.
Request for payment of overdue debt. Includes draft of answer, pleading poverty and illness.
Govantes; expiration of term of the Administradores del Tabasco; interview with Bocanegra.
Announcement of meeting, January 1.
Interview in Tepecoacuilco and Chilpancingo; praise for the recent negotiations; hopes for new Congreso Constituyente; promotion of Álvarez;
Appointment of Domingo Catalán to be Administrador de Aduana; letter to Nicolás Bravo.
Notice of delay in interview; Chalco.
Apparently part of draft of letter by Riva Palacio; recommendations for actions by Congress; public credit; budget; expenses.
Debtors: Antonio Icaza, Ignacio Molina, Ignacio Barata, Lorenzo Carrera, Manuel Guernero, Bárbara Terán, Ángel González, Trojero qe. fué de la Hacda. de Guadalupe, José Domínguez, Antonio Espinosa, Francisco Izquierdo, Teniente de la Garita de la Viga; Zenona Gómez, Eugenio Rascón, José María, El Sota Mayor, Domingo Rascón, Miguel Iturralde, Cleofas Solís; Juan Núñez; disposition of furniture; payment in silver.
Transmittal of account; interview with Otero.
Request for postponement of payment due Señora Parada; anticipated receipt from José María Caballero.
Addressed to Alcalde 3 del Emo. Ayuntato. de esta Capital; transmittal of letter by José G. Borges on age of Carmen Manita.
Introduction to Antonio Gil; care of La Ortaliza; Hospicio de San Nicolás.
Request for Riva Palacio to receive some payments due from the Tesorería del Departamento de Mexico, as ordered by the Juzgado de Letras of Tixtla and the Jefe Superior de Hacienda.
Refusal by the Governor to accept Riva Palacio's resignation from the Ayuntamiento for reasons of health.
Congratulations on election to the Ayuntamiento; negotiations with the Prefectura de Taxco and with Román García; Toluca; Pedraza; influence with officials used to withdraw appointment of Tapia as Consul in Valparaíso; friendship of Gordiano Guzmán.
Watermark: Reclining figure; letters LA VARENNA.
Approval of elections; effort to resign his office.
Discussions with Juan Álvarez and Tapia; favorable public opinion in Prefectures of Acapulco, Chilapa, and Taxco.
Uniform sent via Lic. Ignacio Rayón; víctima de Cuilapam.
Request for Pacheco to collect a debt from Miguel Garibay; check sent by Mariano Ochoa of Zapotlán; “su prima” Dolores.
Regrets over withdrawal of appointment to Valparaíso; desire to leave Mexico; relations with Álvarez; transmittal of article from Vicente Rocafuerte with request for immediate publication in the
Ex-Ministro Jiménez; claim to the Mina de la Garza made by Ana Mogica; Mineral de Taxco; political plans of the liberals; plans of Vieyra and Daza.
Introduction to Vicente Arnaiz; claim against Egipto Ricci.
Inquiry about horse borrowed by Francisco Quint[]a after his robbery on the road to Tierra Caliente; Tepam[]o (?). Includes draft of answer to Colín, placing the matter in the hands of Martínez de Castro, employer of Quintanillo.
Payment due Antonia López Escudero; death of Felipa Rubín de Celís.
Lic. Jiménez; Mina de la Garza; Lic. Sierra y Roso in Taxco; Zacualpan. Embossed design.
Settlement of affairs with Sebastián de la Torre; Barreiro.
Receipt of gift from Ignacio Rayón; uniform worn by Vicente Guerrero; Diego; Primo Tapia; Héroe de la Constancia.
Efforts to find Barreiro; postponement of meeting.
Dismissal from office; arrival of Lorenzo Carrera from Tierra Caliente awaited.
Arrangement for meeting with Barreiro; his illness. Includes note from Riva Palacio to Cristóbal Martínez de Castro, accepting appointment.
Promise to use the income from the Fábrica de cristales to pay a debt owed by Vicente Guerrero to Valdés of Veracruz; attorney Manuel de Zea.
Appointment between Riva Palacio and a corn dealer arranged at store of Felipe Sánchez, on Calle del Indio Triste and Chavarría.
Arrival of Lorenzo Carrera from Tierra Caliente; Tenancingo; meeting with the Junta in Mexico.
Payment of debt to Rascón; description of elections.
Collection of pension authorized by Francisco Rivera; Fernando Benítez.
Result of elections; La Casa Otomana; election of Antonio Gómez, Manuel Gómez, Ignacio Castañón, and José Zamora; opening of mine; payrolls; Taxco.
Election results; conference with Luis Colín; Aguahutla.
Request for aid in collecting debt from Abarca.
Protest against defamation of Riva Palacio and Juan Rodríguez Puebla in the paper; Francisco Lombardo.
Office offered by Santiago Menocal; return to Mexico; Aguirre; Junta de Calificación.
Transmittal of list of electors.
Protest against the bitterness of the political campaign.
Notice of election as elector secundario for the Partido de Méjico.
Return from Zacatula; election results; influence of Bravo on electors from Acapulco, Chilapa, and Taxco; Diego Tapia. Includes list of candidates recommended to Bravo: Manuel Dublán, Lic. Mariano Riva Palacio, Román García, Domingo Rodríguez, Pedro María Conejo, Joaquín de Mier, Matía Peña, Gregorio Leyva, General Ignacio Basadre, Lic. Francisco Modesto Olaguíbel, Benigno Astudillo, Manuel Gómez Dasa, Mariano Parras, Víctor Bravo, José Sierra, Francisco Herrera, Lic. Ignacio Rayón, Rafael Durán, and Lic. José María Izazaga.
Choice of Prudencio Catalán as Elector Secundario; election of Colonel Gregorio de Leyba of Chilpancingo (cousin of Bravo); Indian attack on Hacienda de San Sebastián, Partido de Chilapa; death of Doctor Gutiérrez in Quechultenango; death of the Juez de Paz and Administrator of the hacienda.
Appointment of Lieutenant Colonel José Maza to head the delegation from Acapulco, Chilapa, and Taxco in the Congreso General; Domingo Rodríguez; Román García.
Election results; failure of Vieyra; Antonio Gómez.
Work in tailor shop; election activity; Pata de Cabra.
Instructions to Jose Maza; attitude of Prudencio Catalán; Tixtla; Acapulco; letter from Tapia to Francisco Ocampo, Prefecto de Toluca, asking co-operation from Texcoco, Tula, Temascaltepec; official duties in the Costa Chica; Manuel Gómez, José Zamora, Ignacio Castañón; Tomás Gómez of Tepecoacuilco.
Departure of Prudencio Catalán for Mexico; arrest of Indians in Quechultenango; Chilapanecos; introduction to José Benito Abraján; delivery of books held by Ordiz.
Election results; Gómez; José Zamora; Ana Mújica; suit over La Mina de la Garza.
Introduction to José Benito Abrajan.
Election results; return to Acapulco; comments on the candidates; Diego; Manuel [Tapia].
Claims made by Cortina, representing Pedro Terreros; Olaguíbel; illness.
Shortage of periodicals;
Mules loaned to José María Caballero.
Appointment as
Illness in family; congratulations on election; Mariquita.
Request of Mariano Burboa to avoid fine.
Acceptance of appointment as deputy to the Congreso Constituyente.
Request for aid in recovering girl kidnapped, probably for white slave purposes.
Election results; Diego not elected; Masa; Pedraza; exclusion of Riva Palacio and Reyes Veramendi from the Congreso Constituyente reported in papers; Tecoanapa in Costa Chica starts rebellion; Tapia; Indian revolt in Chilapa; Ignacio Rayón; Proclama issued by Bravo; request for publication of proclamations.
Notice of marriage to María Ana Sosa.
Account of the ceremony of delivering picture of the ashes of Guerrero to Álvarez; punishment of traitor by the Consejo Superior del Almirantazgo in Genoa.
Request for financial arrangements previously made to be continued for one year. Addressed to San Mateo Texcaliacac.
Condition of land at Jorila (?); plans for crops.
Receipt of letter from Padre Prudencio; rebellious Indians in Chilapa; plan to reach peaceful settlement with Indians; Diego; Tapia; message for Bravo; José Maza; Pedraza.
Request for intervention with Gregorio Mier to require payment of back wages.
Introduction to Abrán Estévanes; request for legal aid; Gamboa.
Request for legal aid; Contreras; Menocal.
Summons sent by José Zamora for Ana Mújica to appear before the Diputación de Minería; Puchet; good prospects for the mine.
Introduction to Pedro Pineda; request for papers.
Transmittal of gift; request for payment of back wages.
Mission of Pedro Pineda; Álvarez in Mochitlán and Tixtla; efforts to pacify Indians.
Transmittal of $60 by José Benito Abraján to be paid to José Fernández de Celís; pacification of Indians by Álvarez.
El Embarcadero; Atilano; Hacienda el Pretal and Canatitlo (?).
Proposed sale of el Embarcadero, property of Architect José Castera; use as garrison for troops; Atilano Sánchez; death of Vicente Ruiz de Bustamante; efforts of Navarrete to sell property; Emeterio Cacho Calderón.
Peaceful settlement in Chilapa; account of the uprising in Ayahuahulco; order restored in Tecoanapa; visit to the Costa Chica; Colonel Villarreal; Ometepec; Acapulco; Bravo; article on Indians in
Change in plan for paying José Celís; accounts of Mariano Parra, of the Juzgado de Primera Instancia; José Antonio de Ordiz; Julián Torreblanca; payments in copper and silver.
Order to pay $1,825 to Riva Palacio.
Permission of Bishop of Puebla to act as elector; letter to the Vicaria foránea of Chilapa. Includes draft of letter by Riva Palacio; resigning position as Juzgado tercera elección, in favor of office in the Soberano Congreso Constituyente.
Transmittal of two articles for publication in the
Mission of Pedro Pineda; birth of son Manuelito; inability to come to Mexico.
Revolutionary spirit in Costa Chica and Tecoanapa; Bravo's renewed efforts to separate from the Departamento de México; Prefectura de Acapulco; continued trouble with Indians at Chilapa;
Invitation to attend meeting; Esquina de la Mariscala y San Andrés. Includes draft of answer.
Acceptance of resignation as Alcalde of the Ayuntamiento de México, in favor of duties as Deputy to the Congress.
Transmittal of letters to Manuel Primo Tapia and Manuel Dublán; shortage of news; La Providencia.
Acceptance of resignation from the Ayuntamiento in favor of duties as Deputy to the Congress.
Congratulations on birth of son [Manuelito]; permission of bishop to act as Deputy; intervention of Mier y Terán; Chilapa.
Thanks for legal assistance.
Robbery of mails near Cuernavaca; Tapia: Rómulo del Valle; request for information on commitee for writing the new constitution and character of the Congress; uneasy peace with the Indians; Indians' refusal to surrender arms.
Transmittal of letter to Lic. Ignacio Rayón; article for publication in
Transmittal of money for Nicolás Castrejón; Álvarez; Dublán; Martínez del Campo.
Introduction to Felipe Sánchez; widespread illness; crops; José María Caballero. Embossed design; first occurrence.
Imprisonment of Juan B. Morales for writing article on the Texas War; Tepecoacuilco; army troops in Chilapa to disarm the Indians; opposition of General Valencia; Bravo; Moreno; General Bustamante; Chilpancingo;
Request for aid to arriero of Nicolás Castrejón in his negotiations with Manuel Martínez del Campo; Cura de Apango; Celís; Álvarez.
Search for legal documents; illness.
Settlement of claim to La Mina de la Garza; discovery of profitable vein; continued efforts of Ana Mugica to gain control of the mine; appeal to the Tribunal de Minería; litigation caused by José Madariaga.
Offer to sell bust of Guerrero; Vicente Parada; Gabriel González; poverty; request for intervention with Gregorio, Valencia, and Cacho to recover back wages. Embossed design: Ship with PARIS.
Payment of $300 to Nicolás Castrejón of Chilapa; Martínez del Campo; Celís; Cura de Apango; Álvarez; Dublán; illness of Josefa Hernández de Guzmán; pacification of the Indians; Chilpanecos and Chilpancingueños.
Denunciation of the Hacienda de San José for water use; claims of Ana Mujica; discovery of profitable veins; increase in payroll.
Pursuit of Indians by federal troops; Providencias of the Jueces de Paz of Chilapa; delivery of
Delivery of money to Celís; Martínez del Campo; Cura de Apango; Nicolás Castrejón of Chilapa; drunkeness of José Guzmán and poverty of his wife Josefa Hernández; new expedition of Bravo to disarm Indians near Chilapa; Francisco Hernández.
Delivery of beans to Abrán Estévanez; prices; sales in Tlalmanalco; storage of barley; offer of Antonio Prieto. Includes signed copy of the Bases acordadas entre José Ma. Caballero y el S. d. Antonio Prieto sobre la venta que hace el segundo al primero de la casa de Tocineria y una anecsa, casa del Billar, plaza de gallos, &. Payment to be made by Riva Palacio.
Legal possession of La Garza; profitable workings; Patricio del Río; Manuel.
Demands of the Indians; article to be printed in
Signed also: Antonio Prieto, Juan Bautista Goyas, Pascual Dávalos, Cristóbal Castro, Francisco J. García. Seven articles in contract; debt due Magistrado Lic. Juan Gómez Navarrete.
Papers awaited from Lic. Ángel María Salgado; Ramo de Capellanía del Malpais; Hacienda de Tortuga in Veracruz; title to Hacienda del Hocote; death of Escudero; Josefa Escudero.
Sale of barley; Leocadio Ortega; prices.
Continued claims of Ana Mugica; collection of the Capitación; membership in Commission.
Indian demands withdrawn from publication; fears for persecution of his followers; delivery of
Request for aid to Enrique Rodríguez de Guerrero, nephew of General Guerrero, in continuing education at Colegio de San Gregorio; Colegio de Chilapa; Rector Juan Rodríguez of Puebla.
Completion of work for Colín at Hacienda de Axalco.
Bill sent to Lic. Ángel Salgado; Señora M[]la; Hacienda del Malpais; Junta de Acreedores; payments made on account of Manuel López Escudero.
Order to pay Pedro Fabas $46; addressed to Camilo Bros. Includes acceptance by Bros and receipt signed by Pedro Fabas. Embossed design: BENFIELD Y MARSHALL MEXICO.
Request for aid to person not named. Embossed design with letters DURANDEAU MEDAILLE DOR 1839.
Request for settlement of account.
Mailing of
Plan for his niece Doloritas to be married to Juez de Letras Gavilán in the capital; Julián Torreblanca; inconvenience of Indian uprising in Tixtla; Doloritas Astudillo; Ramón Mejía.
Also signed: J. Miguel Arroyo, Secretario. Notice of election of Riva Palacio to the Comisión Permanente. Others elected: Magistrado Juan B. Morales, Lic. Justo Pastor Macedo, Francisco Carabajal, Presbítero Joaquín Carrera, General Sebastián Guzmán, José R. Ibarrola, José María Iturralde, Cornelio Gracida, Lic. Francisco Olaguíbel, Mariano Aranda, Hipólito Rodríguez.
Purchase from Luis Varela, representing Ignacio José Montes de Oca, Candelaria Prieto, José Montes de Oca, and Luis Ramírez; debt of $7,500 owed to Luis Félix Nava transferred to new owner; details of payment of remaining $4,000; debt to Cura Escudero. Signed also: Luis Varela, Candelaria Prieto, Luis Ramírez, Diego Villaseñor, and Alexandro Sotomayor.
Request for $1,000 due Félix Nava.
Request for favorable vote on pardon; reference to Colonel Amat.
Agreement to write a tribute to Guerrero; Héroe de la Constancia; víctima de Cuilapa; note to Pedraza; ceremony of burial of the ashes of Guerrero; care of ashes by State of Oaxaca in 1833; victory of the Federalists; President's visit to Manga de Clavo; appointment of Bravo as substitute; appointment as Comandante de Costa Grande; Bravo's departure from Chichihualco; Tapia in Acapulco. Includes note from Diego Álvarez.
Delivery of money to González Garito & Cía. of Acotlán; José María Díaz; new Indian trouble; band from Cuaxtlahuacán; Cerro de Mahitlán(?); death of Manuel Sánchez; Pizón; General Romero in Sierra de Chopolapa.
Announcement of marriage.
Collection of fees from Santos and Abrán Estevanes; Juez de Letras.
Complaint about bill from Ramón Gamboa for services in settling estate of José María (?).
Tribute to the memory of Guerrero; Tapia's illness in Acapulco; illness of Riva Palacio; data requested by Pedraza; praise for work of the Congress; article in the
Request for information about San Juan de Dios.
Transmittal of letter of the Comandante general de Oaxaca No. 448 on exhumation of remains of Vicente Guerrero and transport to the capital via Puebla and Tehuacán.
Letter from Coscatlán; invitation for visit; Puebla.
Request sent by Antonio Noriega to Rafael Durán for Bravo; appeal by Ana Mujica against decision of the Diputación Territorial de Minería; Mina de la Garza.
Transmittal of verses written in honor of Vicente Guerrero; encouragement by Juan Nepomuceno Bolaños; Vicente Envídez; death of General Mejía; Santa Ana; request for position as Customs Guard; Escribano Salgado.
Death of Colonel Manuel Primo Tapia from fever.
Removal of Guerrero's remains from Oaxaca; speech prepared by Pedraza; work of Congress on Constitution; death of Tapia.
Inventory of Tapia's effects; transmittal of watch, a gift to him from Guerrero; Lieutenant Colonel Miguel García. Includes 3 pages of inventory, signed November 24, 1842. Lists mostly clothing and toilet articles; copy of
Transport of remains of Guerrero to Ayotla.
Detention of remains of Guerrero in Ayotla by error; continuation of the procession; route via Peñón.
Request for payment of $10 to Julián Torre Blanco. Endorsements os back to Agustín Vega, December 14, and by Vega on December 22.
Death of Tapia; care for his daughter; family in Tlapa; José María Cantú; Guerrero's remains in Mexico; Rodríguez Puebla; Pedraza; Santa Ana; Bravo;
Don Francisco; arrival of remains of Guerrero in Mexico; Tapia; Mariano.
Promise of employment as Escribiente in the Juzgado not fulfilled; inadquate pay as teacher; request for financial aid in opening a store in Milpa Alta.
Military interference with adoption of new constitution; dim hopes for political peace; work of the Congress.
Pronunciamiento in San Luis and Guejocingo; Callejón de Santa Inés.
Pronunciamiento of Juan García in Chalco; Velázquez in Tlalmanalco; Murillo in Istapaluca; José María Garrido.
Opposition to the Plan de Huejozingo; Plan de San Luis Potosí; Plan de Texcuco; José María Franco; assembly of citizens; general opposition to uprising; Plan de Tacubaya; blame placed on Santa Anna. Signed: Ramón Gamboa, José María Caballero, José de la Llera, Julián Mascareñas, Juan Bautista Goya, Francisco Lisuriaga(?), Melerio Tirado, Mariano Miranda, José María Pozadas, Cristóbal Castro, Manuel Fuentes, Basilio Castro, Luis Ortega, Joaquín Ponce de León, Eusebio Medina, Ignacio Garza, José María Cea, Miguel Olvera, Fernando Reyes, Nicolás de Otal, Ramón Gutiérrez, José Romualdo Tisado, Ignacio Díaz, Rafael Páez, Juan del Moral, Manuel Vanegas, and Manuel Luis Vanegas.
Failure of previous agreement in Chilpancingo; loss of confidence in the Congreso; consideration of declaring Acapulco an open port; removal of Departamento de Marina from San Blas; new separatist movement;
Draft of letter without address, declining office offered by the Junta Electoral as Third Alcalde of the Ayuntamiento; plea of ill health.
Request for items left by Pineda to be forwarded via Miguel García; pronunciamiento of San Luis, Oaxaca, and Huejotzingo against the Congreso Constituyente.
Money left with Evaristo Castilla for prayers for Guerrero.
Removal to Calle del Parque de la Moneda; Dr. Aguirre; Ballesteros; Sr. Benítez.
Illness of uncle.
Oath to the Junta de Notables; review of legal implications; Bases de Tacubaya; Jueces de Letras; Tribunal Superior.
Difficulties with the Subprefecto over oath; request for aid through political connections; Tribunal Superior; transmittal of reply to Subprefecto.
Departure for San Martín Tesmeluca and Cantón de Jalapa; delivery of silver; la Tocinería; Mariano Rodríguez; debt due Vicente Zamora; Arechaga; Aduana; Alcabala; Pedro González y García.
Letter sent to Andrés Varela; resignation of son Miguel from Ayuntamiento; opposition to oath to new government; Reyes Veramendi; Bocanegra; Manuel Cabrera; San Luis. Includes copies of six other communications:
Employment in La Tocinería; Pablo Granados appointed Juez de Paz; Luis Colín; appointment to care for Archives; Micaela.
Resignation from the Junta Patriótica on account of business outside the city.
Notice of meeting at house of Salgado, instigated by the Hermanos for discussion of debt of the Hacienda de Tesuixco.
Refusal of resignation; excuse from regular attendance.
Recommendation for José Villagrán as evaluator of furniture.
Agreement to meet Leandro Estrada at house of Berrospe.
Notice of assumption of functions of the Banco Nacional by the Receptoria del Casco de México; notice of debt to be paid.
Disposition of certain beds and shawls; transmittal of some small gifts; Doloritas; San Antonio; Trinidad.
Gifts to be made to Trinidad; property of deceased sister; Berrospe; Josefa; Estradas.
Garibay; payment to Julián Torreblanca; family matters.
Notice of work on canoes at Zoquiapan to lower the water at Oyamel; ownership of water at Coatepec.
Use of canoes to take water from Oyamel to Santo Domingo.
Debt due José Tirado for barley; Porto; Velázquez.
José María Maya; claims of the Aduana; Joaquín Arechaga; collection of debt from Vélez.
Request for delay in payment of debt; María Josefa Trigo(?).
Imprisonment of Riva Palacio. Embossed design; BATH, first occurrence. Postal stamp: Río Verde.
Sale of corn in Mexico; debt due from José María Caballero; Hacienda de la Asunción; Tirso.
Imprisonment in Chalco; Joaquín Noriega. Embossed oval design: BATH.
Introduction to Federico Richard; request for employment for Richard; linguistic ability in English, French, and German; bookkeeper.
Illness of Riva Palacio Family; business offer in calves and goats.
Imprisonment of Riva Palacio on account of Ocampo; publication of article against Ocampo; pacification of Indians; problem of division of the land; march to Tierra Caliente.
Request for Riva Palacio to act as godfather.
Widespread illness; request for delay in payment of debt; Lic. Herrera; Acuautla.
Claim against José María Caballero; José María Garrido; capilla de San Francisco; Cristóbal Castro; Francisco Tenorio.
Deposit of $3,606 by José María Lara in the name of José María Tornel; debt against the Hacienda de San Juan de Dios in Chalco; Temporalidades de ex-claustrados. Also signed in margin by Ayala and Fagoaga.
Difficulties with Caballero and Pereda; widespread illness; Atoyac; Hacienda del Consulado; payment of mother's debt.
Letters from Vicente and Lozano; Baths; Carlos' studies.
Letter from Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero; purchase of bulls; Soya[l]tepec.
Need for money; Bavarian citizenship. Embossed seal.
Watermark: J. WHATMAN.
Repairs to house on Calle del Correo; damage to house of Eleuterio Méndez; request for aid in quarrel. Embossed design: Rectangle with crown and “Whatman,” first occurrence.
Appointment of Riva Palacio to settle dispute.
Jurisdiction of the Junta de Partido over cases dealing with the forced loans; collections by the Aduana; Hacienda de la Asunción; Félix Nava; Colín.
Payments due a painter; Juan Núñez; shortage of money; Vicente's Godfather Bocanegra; personal affairs; el padre Guadalajara.
Appeal to Tribunal Superior by Manuel disallowed; Lebrija; Cuevas.
Provisión de curatos; trip to Mexcala; invitation for visit.
Rent of house on Calle del Águila No. 23 from José María Sanz; description of house and conditions. Also signed by José de la Cámara, guarantor.
Promise of assistance in obtaining curate; trip to Mexico.
Receipt of gift; weather; notes from Salomé and Joaquina; letter to Mier; Ignacio Herrero; Luisa.
Request for assistance in obtaining better position; Administración Principal; Tesorería Departamental; Administración de Rentas; Receptoria; Tenancingo; Cañada de Cuernavaca.
House repairs; rains; cleaning of well; Manuel; Mariquita; Julián; Francisco; Finza(?).
Testimony to be taken from Cura Escudero at the Juzgado de Letras de Chalco; suit brought by Juan Escalante y Mendoza in Chimalpa and Huicilingo over Hacienda de Axalco by order of the Audiencia; San Pablo.
Inspection visit to Tierra Caliente; illness in Teloloapam; trip to Acapulco; failure of efforts to pacify the Indians; Diego.
Birth of daughter; purchase of household items; Anis, Canela, Yerbabuena, Naranja, and Torongil.
Negotiations of Juan Álvarez with Indians of Chilapa; new uprising in Tolincan.
Watermark: GIOR MAGNANI & design.
Health; military conscription.
Transmittal of payment to Vicente Ríos; semanario; Sánchez.
Money sent via Pedro Librado Vélez for purchases; delivery by Miguel García.
Appointment to Parroquia de Coatepec at Chalco.
Invitation of Tirso Conde to visit hacienda; trip to Yautepec; corn prices; payment of debt to Felipe Sánchez; Pepe Tirado.
Employment of María Dolores Sevilla by Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero to collect debt from property of deceased Manuel Herrera; Finca de Ocuiteco.
Efforts of Guadalupe Hernández to collect debt from Manuel Herrera; sale of Rancho de Cuituco in 1830; letter by Dolores Sevilla.
Watermark: BELLANDO: FABIANI 12: ALMASSO: design around cross.
Death of his father; request for old periodicals; Tixtla.
Efforts to collect debt of Manuel Herrera to Vicente Guerrero; communication with Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero; Luciano Ramírez.
Receipt of $125 from Salvador Pérez for payment to the Hacienda de la Asunción; Capellanía del P. Lino(?); visit to the Hacienda with Tirso Conde; Hacienda de Acuautla.
Money delivered by Vélez; illness of Juan Álvarez at Tixtla.
Substitution as Vocal in the Junta de Minería; use of Riva Palacio's Indian painter.
Birthday of Doloritas Guerrero; Murillo; resentment against slander printed in
Gift of pulque and tortas; assassination of Espinosa in Ciénega de Tlapacoya.
Transmittal of $32 as expense money.
Continued throat trouble; school turned over to his brother José Ignacio; care of students; Carrera, Mier; Cuautla de Amilpas.
Periquillo's difficulties in San Bartolo; health of members of the family.
Receipt of $32.
Plans for visit.
Letter from Francisco Anzures; position with the Cuerpo de Plana Mayor del Ejército; request for intervention of Riva Palacio with the Ministro de Guerra for better assignment or civilian position. Embossed octagonal design with BATH SBF.
Suggested transfer from the Segundo Regimiento de Infantería Permanente to the Cuerpo de Plana Mayor del Ejército.
Consideration of previous offer.
Illness of Isidro; decrease in number of students; request for advance payment of tuition.
Labor shortage; unwise methods of Tirso Conde in harvesting wheat; money needed for payroll; sale of wheat en Chalco; Acuautla; Vicente Zamora; letter from Mariquita. Embossed design with PARIS.
Desire to clear up accounts; transmittal of gift.
Proxy for vote at the Junta of landowners and corn growers in Chalco.
Appointment of José María Aguirre to represent the Church at the Junta de propietarios in Chalco; Madre Felipita.
Policy on pastures of Ayacingo and Axalco; Colín; resignation of Ministers of Hacienda, Justicia, and Guerra; appointment of Riva Palacio to replace the Ministro de Hacienda declined.
Burial of sister in the Sanctuario de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles; notice to the R. P. Guardián, Señora Ortigosa; Nacho Ramonita; Teresita; Juanita, Guadalupita, Anita.
Watermark: Stag rampant; letters G. P.
Don Luis; masonry work; shortage of lime.
Delivery of gift by Jesús; business affairs in Mexico; Señor Culá (?).
Carpenter work on the hacienda; Don Luis.
Request for early settlement of affairs in Mexico.
Settlement of dispute caused by last-minute changes in the will of the late Ana María de Alba, changing the names of the heirs. References to: José María Garrido y Vicuña; Lic. José Rafael Berruecos; Diputado Mariano Riva Palacio; María Guadalupe Iriarte de Covos; Joaquina Cobos de Heaven; Lic. José Hilario Elguero; Juana Cobos; Roberto Heaven; Donato Manterola; Lic. Manuel Ferrer; María Ignacia Ortiz de Alba; Refugio de Alba; Josefa Alba; Antonia Cobos; Francisco Martínez Negrete; Francisco Ortiz; Juan Felipe de Alba; Junta de Peages; power of attorney made out in Guadalajara; Consulado de Veracruz; Juan Vicuña; witnesses: Pablo Sánchez, José Pedrejón, and Ignacio Rodríguez Calvo; José Francisco Herrera, Juez de Letras de Chalco; Escribano Juan Madariaga.
Request for aid in release from prison; influence of Zozaya solicited; services of Lic. Miguel Aristain.
Appointment of Riva Palacio as
Request for settlement of legal affairs.
Legal affairs with Godoy; Pereda.
Transmittal of gift; payment of $17.
Notice from Juez de paz Francisco Álvarez; Juzgado de Letras.
Request for interview on legal problem; recommendation of Julián Villela.
Request for assistance with problem involving the Customs and Juzgado de Paz in Chalco.
Transmittal of money for servants; disagreement with Julián over weekly reports of operations. Embossed design with A. C.
Account of Ana María de Alba. Embossed seal.
Account of repairs to the hacienda.
Notice of complaints by citizens and the Juzgado; payment of the carpenters.
Answer to earlier letter postponed.
Postponement of interview.
Arrangement for interview with Dr. Aguirre.
Watermark: PAPEL SELLADO.
Bequest of deceased Aunt Ana María de Alba. Embossed stamp.
Watermark as in 1475.
Legacy of Ana María de Alba; amount allowed by the Comisión de acreedores al peage del Camino de Perote a Veracruz. Juan Vicuña.
Request for donation.
Loan by L. C.; terms of repayment; rent of land called San P[edro] y S[an] P[ablo.]
Request for aid in obtaining written agreement with Señora Escudero for aid to the convent.
Request for business interview; Mother Josefina Trigo.
Request for donation. Printed form.
Watermark: Design with GIOR MAGNANI.
Solicitud over health of her father.
Transmittal of small sum; family affairs.
Request for delay in payment of debt.
Record of unexpected expenses; preparation of weekly report.
Transmittal of $329; $50,000 lottery money given by the Conde de la Cortina; reports of English ship in Mazatlán with supply of money; rumors of revolution in Guadalajara.
Addressed to Ministro de Justicia, Instrucción Pública, e Industria. Preparation to march to aid Bravo with troops; recruiting; mission of Lic. Agustín Pérez Gavilán to San Blas and Mazatlán. Embossed design: REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR.
Need for supplies for the troops; small collections from the populace; plan to march on Cuernavaca to obtain supplies; Diego and Encarnación Álvarez. Embossed design: PARIS.
Lists 15 documents; Calle de los Megueles; capellanía founded; accounts of the Hacienda Ventahermosa; Luisa Vicareo de Moreno; Lic. Zozaga; Francisco Sáenz de Escobasa; Francisco Velasco de la Torre; José Piña; Antonio Robles; Padre Lanzas; Dr. Campos; Juan González de Maldonado; Ventura Guzmán; Manuel Ordaz; José María Jáuregui; Cayetano Jussmano (?); José María de la Peña; Hacienda de San Agustín. Embossed design with BRISTOL.
Request for employment for his sons; services with Guerrero; danger from Indians.
Reconnaissance for route for new road between Mexico and Chalco; La Milpa Sola; Garita de San Lázaro; Santa María Atlahuacan; Santa Catarina; Laguna de Chalco.
Introduction to Fray José Ursino Amado; prosperity of the region; size of crops at Moral; candidacy of Cristóbal Andrade against Ignacio Borromeo for office of Juez Primero; Huejutla; political campaign.
Letter sent via Jesús Guevara; letter for Mariano Córdoba; family affairs.
Receipt of $200 to be paid Don Crispiniano; departure of Crispiniano to join Paredes.
Request for leave; illness of his wife; appointment of Canalizo as Administrador General de Correos.
Receipt of gift for daughter of Norberto Vallarta; fear of advance by Santa Anna; preparation for move to Tepic; departure of warship from San Blas; José María Sancho.
Concern over the military situation; care of troops; assumption of strategic positions; criticism of the Asamblea Departamental; example set by Querétaro; hope for action by Álvarez. Embossed design: BATH, first occurrence.
Recommendation for Manuel Semería; request for aid in finding employment for him in the editorial offices of the
Route from Querétaro via Acámbaro, and avoiding Celaya; plans of Paredes and Santa Ana; General Navas y Palacio in command of infantry; General Arévalo (?); Ávalos; plan to go to Zamora; request for news about Basabe (Basadre?).
Departure from Querétaro via La Barranca; Celaya; troop movement to Guanajuato under Cortazar; troops from San Luis en rout to Lagos; Paredes' departure from La Barca for Guadalajara.
Recommendation for a friend; Ministerio de Hacienda. Embossed design: Eagle and serpent; letters BRUT BORDEAUX.
Congratulations on election to office as Minister. Embossed design: LEROUX EN MEXICO.
Congratulations on new office; assumption of command of defenses in Department of Veracruz.
Itineraries of mail couriers in Central Mexico; deliveries for Ministro Basadre to Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Nopaluca; Puebla; mail delivery stopped by Prefect of Tehuacán; delivery to house of Iturbe; danger to mails at Perote and Jalapa.
Thanks for aid to Melchor Múzquiz; request of the Junta Departamental de Puebla for return of troops to Mexico. Embossed design: Ship with BATH.
Transmittal of complimentary copies of
Congratulations on appointment and on new government of Mexico; problem of freedom of the press.
Felicitations on appointment as Minister of Justice and Public Instruction; problems of election in Veracruz.
Opposition to tyranny; support of Bravo`s uprising; organization of troops in Acapulco; public support in Acapulco, la Costa Grande, part of la Costa Chica, Tierra Caliente, and Teloloapam; agreement of Diego Álvarez; request for arms for local troops; General Moreno in Acapulco.
Lic. Aguilar y Bustamante; recommendation of Berra as local subprefect; approval of Colonel Benito de la Llata.
Felicitations on appointment to Ministry of Justice and Public Instruction in the coalition cabinet of José Joaquín Herrera; recommendation that Prefect Manuel Rivera of Taxco be removed; Vieyra; government of Canalizo; Plan de Jalisco supported by Alejandro Román in Teloloapan; march to Chilacachapa; Tepecoa[cuil]co; recommendation of Eleuterio Méndez as Prefect; Román García. Embossed design: Shield, lion and unicorn; letters LONDON.
Contract with Ministry of War and Navy for munitions; payment by Ministry of Hacienda; funds furnished by Francisco Ponce, Administrador de Puebla; material requirements. Embossed design: Shield, wreath, and L. E. & G.
Plan to go to Tierra Caliente via Cuernavaca; request for private interview. Embossed as in 1512.
Felicitations for new appointment and to Mexico for its deliverance from the “Coloso de Rodas,” Santa Anna.
Felicitations on new appointment.
Introduction to Lic. Francisco Enciso, Administrador Principal de Tabacos de Oaxaca, with his request for leave to improve his health.
Uprising in favor of Paredes and the revolt; appeal to the Governor and difficulties with his secretaries; recommendation for removal of Gutiérrez Parra (Parodi?), Arriaga, and Blanco; Administrador de Tabacos; felicitations on new appointment; Guerrero; acquaintance with Reyes Veramendi; Lic. Montes de Oca; Lic. Galicia.
Success of reactionary elements in local elections; difficulties of Ramón Muñoz; office exercised by Rosas Carvajal Troncoso; restrictive laws issued locally; the Tribunal Superior; departure of Secretario de Gobierno José de Jesús Díaz for Jalapa; suggested candidacy of Ignacio Mora y Villamil; expulsion of González Arrillaga and Ascorviya; message to Cubas; leave; the Asamblea.
Receipt of letter via Hernández; request for aid in paying debts; illness; Contreras; Jáuregui.
Leave requested by Padre Márquez, Procurador de Oaxaca; caution urged in treatment of landed estates.
Recommendation for invitation for return of exiles; widow of Iturbide; Valentín Gómez Farías; Anastasio Bustamante; Dr. José María Luis Mora; José María Gutiérrez Estrada; foreign legations in the capital.
Felicitations on new appointment.
Letter to Manuel Falcón; Tuxpan; letter by Felipe Briones; revolt in Tampico against Manuel Falcón; letter from Felipe Briones in Tuxpan; political feeling in Huasteca; comparison with Napoleon at St. Helena.
Income received from Guanajuato; complaint about his poverty; request for loan.
Felicitations on new appointment; rebellion against Santa Anna in Tampico; approval of new government by Huejutla.
Conference with Tamariz over proposal to convene the Congress of 1842 and write a new constitution; mediation with representatives of Santa Anna; Junta de generales in Querétaro; Herrera invited to conference in Guadalupe; Basadre's belief in sentiment in the capital in favor of the
Receipt of military equipment; request for $1,000 to make payments; English imports.
Felicitations on new appointment.
Rumors spread by Vieyra family that Ángel Pérez Palacios joined Santa Anna; plan to besiege the capital; recruiting of militia; Daza's promise to Bravo not to enter Mexico City; shortage of pay for troops in Teloloapan; troops awaiting return of Juan Álvarez; trip of Vieyra to San Gabriel with Santibáñez; troops raised in Tepecoacuilco by Antonio Gómez, father-in-law of Castañón.
Felicitations on new appointment; account of illness.
Problem of taxation; direct contributions not advised; advise of Peña; reliance on
Felicitations on new appointment; opposition to Canalizo; arrival of Arista; dislike for Santa Anna; appointment to office of Primer Vocal in the Asamblea after illness of General Ortega; Cuevas; García Conde; Gómez Pedraza; Dr. Pedro Rojas.
Record of service. Salvatierra, SLP; battle of Hacienda de San Miguel la Blanca with Gabriel Balencia; General Torrejón; service at Tlalnepantla to suppress rebellion; diploma de la Cruz de Honor; support of Plan de regeneración política de la República.