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 5: 1849 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
Establishment of confidential correspondence; Acapulco.
Deposition requested for Captain Isidoro Chavero, defended by Colonel Manuel Insaurraga; establishment of request for leave; Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina.
Request for aid in obtaining post in the Administración de Tabacos; Montes de Oca; Miguel Bringas; illness of wife.
Care of son Pepe in Jalapa; Lic. Mier; Rodolfo; Esteban; request for aid.
Receipt from José María Garrido; Ana María de Alba; Perote; Veracruz; includes receipt on behalf of Juana, her daughter; includes receipt by Joaquina de los Cobos.
Request for aid in reinstating Colonel José María Larrea (Lanza?) in the First Regiment of Caballería Permanente, to serve in the South with Bravo. Riva Palacio is addressed as
Receipt from Lic. José Hilario Elguero for José María Garrido, representing Ana María de Alba; Josefa and Refugio de Alba y Ortiz, daughters of Juan Felipe de Alba; Camino de Perote a Veracruz.
Report of success in examination in mining; eligibility for position as Director; Cuevas; “la ley que dio el Sor Otero”; Monasterio; Calle de Montealegre.
Request for letter of recommendation to the Prefectura; Ayotzingo; Noriega. Includes draft of letter to Noriega approving Cura Vela; reasons for resignation.
Request by Bustamante of the Legación española for rent of horse stable; Salomé; Julián; Toluca.
Elections for state deputies; election of Diego Arróllabe instead of Alcalde Lorenzo Arróyave, writer included; death of Mayordomo de Guadalupe Rayan (Rayón?) of pneumonia; Pascasio.
Report of Riva Palacio's bar acceptance and desire to enter the college and join the Sociedad de San Vicente de Paul; Nuestra Señora de los Dolores; illness; regulations of the Consejo general de Paris; Chalco.
Losses suffered by José Cordero; Indian attacks; American usurpation; commercial losses; relations with Pérez Gálvez and MacKintosh; election as governor; Francisco García Conde; request for assistence against opponents of Cordero in the Gobierno Supremo.
Support of Riva Palacio's fiscal policy; fair in Texcoco; opposition to gambling; El Molino; water litigation; Hacienda de Santo Tomás; Lic. Lozano; Flores; teaching appointments.
Death of José María Caballero.
Promulgation of decree of the State Legislature of January 24, 1849, authenticated by Manuel Torres Cataño, Diputado vice presidente, Antonio Escudero, diputado secretario, and Manuel Guerra, diputado secretario, regulating sale of bonds and payments on bonds.
Differences between junta and Prefecto; imprisonment with friends; Padre Rodríguez; Aguirre; protest of illegal procedure. Riva Palacio addressed as
Quorum needed among electors; Chalco delegation; Vivanco; Padre Cruces; Fernández.
Sudden illness and death of Marianita, his wife.
Request for aid for Mariano Miranda of the Aduana marítima de Acapulco; Francisco Ocampo; pending trial before Lic. José María Inclán, Juez de distrito; Juez de Letras de Acapulco; death of Promotor Lic. Galán.
Request for interview.
Newspaper criticism; housing problem with Godoy; wife Manuelita; temptation to migrate to Tepic or to California; change of name; Calle de Cordovanes; confusion in mail.
Opening of Junta; elections.
Criticism of Lucas Alamán's history of War for Independence; El venerable párroco de Dolores; need for discussion in newspapers.
Litigation concerning Temamatla; creation of new ayuntamientos; Riva Palacio's Senate duties.
Recommendation for Lic. Isidoro Pliego to be sent to Arizcorreta, Governor of State of Mexico.
Illness of Juanita with lung infection; consultation of doctors; request for aid in obtaining leave for Juan Francisco from college.
Candidacy for inclusion in the Comisión de industria, suggested, along with Larrainzar; alternate Marcelino Castañeda; Fagoaga; responsibility for Minería.
Fifteen days' leave granted. Riva Palacio addressed as
Aid requested for family of Rodríguez Puebla; work with press; Guardia Nacional; Calle del Monte Alegre.
Collection of tercios from the capellanía; Manuel Parra; José Zamora; Garibay; uprising in District of Chilapa, Cerro de Azacualoya (?); failure of efforts of Álvarez.
Collection of short documents.
Decision and arrangements for the Jubileo circular to be held in Acuautla.
Collection of communications, pasted together.
Request for intervention with Arizcorreta to settle claims of Fermina Rivera.
Death of Juan Manuel Irisarri; replacement in Senate by Lic. José González de la Vega; his service in the legation to the U.S.; appointments of Minister of War and Justicia; constitutional reforms.
Election as president of local deputation; request for information on Herrera's plans for Mariano Arizcorreta; Terreros.
Discovery of old landmark on hacienda of Riva Palacio; suspension of legal action; José Nicolás Colín.
Request for settlement of differences with Acuautla. Includes draft of answer, signed by Agustín Díaz, March 7, 1849: offenses given Acuautla by Juan Rosales; Lic. Antonio Rebollar.
Poverty of the Parish of Coatepec; celebration of the Jubileo circular; suggested transfer to the church of San Francisco Acuautla; Deputy Vicente Zamora; Ixtapaluca. Includes indorsement of the Vicario Capitular, signed with rubric, March 8, 1849, and by Dr. José María Covarrubias.
Complaint sent to Lic. Antonio Rebollar.
Appeal of decision concerning the Jubileo circular in the church of San Francisco Acuautla; Juzgado de Ixtapaluca; Sagrada Mitra. Has indorsement of the Vicario capitular, March 10, 1849, signed with rubric and by José María Covarrubias, Secretary.
Effort to place son of Francisco Rojas in the Colegio de San Gregorio, although Indian.
Size of the Republic; feeling of responsibility; appointment to Commission on Public Instruction, that of Militia, and that of
Receipt of $106, year's tuition for Vicente and Carlos Riva Palacio, Colegio Nacional de San Gregorio.
Gift of flowers to San Gregorio in memory of Rodríguez.
Recent illness; revocation of order of October 25; criticism of Montoya; Peña; Campos; the
Effort to collect pay due Joseph Warmuth for government purchases of military equipment; Joaquín Herrera; expedition to California in 1844; Colonel Ignacio Iniestra; Iturbide.
Expedition for meeting in San Diego postponed for lack of funds; payment by MacKintosh; customs; Ministro de la Guerra; support by states of Sinaloa, Sonora, and Jalisco.
Request for aid in obtaining pension; will of Sra. Castañiza; pensionista Hernández.
Recommendation for Rafael Ramírez; death of Mar[iani]ta; Tulanc[ing]o; Meztitlán; Cristóbal Andrade; losses due to flood; Rafael; el joven Ignacio Durán selected by Ayuntamiento for Instituto Literario.
Payment of $389 by José María Garrido for Ana María de Alba; Juana de los Cobos; Perote-Veracruz road. Includes receipt signed by Joaquina de los Cobos de Heaven.
Noriega's concern for Fermina's affairs; Lacunza, Robredo; Otero; elections for governor; candidates Arizcorreta, Juan María Flores, Ángel Pérez Palacio, N. Madrid.
Principals: Luisa and Pilar Gutiérrez; Ramón de la Cueva; José Güell; inheritance from Dolores Bernal, widow of José Alvear of Tenancingo; Dolores Alvear de Arnaiz; Manuel Arellano; litigation in process by Lebrija; sale and repossession; arrangement for payments; Ignacio Camacho; Manuel López; witnesses Manuel Rojo, Felipe Moctezuma, and Juan Zavala; José María López; Pablo Sánchez, Escribano nacional.
$217 paid by José María Garrido to daughters of Juan Felipe de Alba; peage de Perote a Veracruz; Ana María de Alba.
Recommendation for Colonel Severiano Montesuma, candidate for the Prefectura del distrito; Haro.
Punishment of Verg[ar]a; vindication of Nieva.
Receipts from Bartolo González; storage of corn in Chalco; planting at Tlerrnextlale(?) and Nop[]ra; rain; corn at Aquapetlayuca; Cadena; Rodríguez.
Dissension over disposal of the Plaza de Atenco, near Vazquez' bakery; Juez de Letras Dávalos; Melerio Tirado; Arechaga; Castro de Alcalde; Quijada.
Debt owed by Sra. Cordero y Jalpan(?); Casa de Esquipulco(?); Lic. Tejada; Josefa Trigo(?).
Deliveries by ship
Receipt of $300 from Riva Palacio for Julia Bouc(?) de Obregón. Has note by Riva Palacio. Also has receipt by Ramón de la Cruz.
Itemized list of legal expenses;
Defense against charges brought by Flores de la Torre of slander of the Asamblea municipal; Otero.
Excessive use of the Plaza de Atenco for markets; personal donations by Germán Landa; plan to pave streets; lack of money in treasury blamed on American soldiers' requisition of mules; heavy traffic; request for donation.
Copy of letter to the President; desembarcation in Acapulco of passenger Pasavivalbaso, from Mazatlán, en route to México to persuade the government to make Mazatlán a Puerto de depósito; establishment of arsenal; Bravo; Iguala; opposition to the plan.
Arrival of Chilean ship
Purchase of necessities by the
Otero's law on highway engineering; school proposed; Lacunza; request for back pay. Includes copy of letter to the President on reorganization of highway system; review of services in Batallón de Toluca; transfer to military engineering; work in Veracruz and Acapulco.
Promulgation of decree of the State legislature of June 1, 1849, authenticated by José María Navarro and Domingo María Pérez y Fernández, Diputados secretarios, and Teófilo Robredo, Diputado secretario. Budget for the fiscal year June 2, 1849 to 1950. Expenses proposed for the Poder legislativo, Poder Ejecutivo, Secretarías de Gobierno y Guerra, Justicia, Hacienda, Poder Judicial, Tesorería, Contaduría, Pensionistas, Montepíos, Jubilados, with regulations on expenses. Expenses for Poder Ejecutivo: prefects, police, Guardia nacional, Instituto Literario, prizes, printing, Toluca-Morelia road, arrendamiento del palacio, archiveros, procuradores, Judges in Ajuchitlán, Tecpan, Acapulco, and Toluca, Jueces de letras foráneos, jailers, handling of prisoners, inspections, Hospital de San Juan de Dios; pensions to Asunción Sandoval, widow of Lic. Francisco Verde, Catalina Cevallos, widow of Pablo Villavicencio, Benita Cevallos, widow of José María Guillen, Luisa Villaseñor, widow of Contador Manuel Aguirre, Dolores Quintero, widow of Lic. Félix Valois de [R]ojo, Juez de letras de Ajuchitlán, Bernardina Chousal, widow of Lieutenant Governor Diego Pérez Fernández, Doña Concepción Villar, widow of Ministro Juan Wenceslao Barquera, Mariana and Manuela, daughters of Ministro Agustín Pomposo Fernández de San Salvador, Petra del Río, widow of Ministro Antonio Barquera, Micaela Olvera, widow of Ministro José María Zamorano, Luisa Guerrero, widow of Ministro Mariano Buenabad, Paula Robredo, daughter of Ministro Florentino Robredo, María Josefa Arteaga, widow of Ministro Luis Iturbe, Dolores Ericeo, widow of Ministro José María Esquivel, Josefa and Marcelina, daughters of Juan Canel, Luis and José, sons of Francisco Villaseñor, Dolores Pérez, widow of Ignacio Lovis y Llano, juez de letras de Teotihuacán, Asunción Carrasco, widow of Daniel Barquera, María de la Luz Peñarroja, widow of Oficial cuarto de la Contaduría general Severo Jiménez, Petra Pino, widow of Lic. Agustín Calderón juez de letras de Morelos, Juan Armada. Authenticated by Manuel de Olmedo, Secretario de Hacienda. Two copies.
Copy of letter to the President; recommendation for Lic. Florentino Taboada; Colonel Bernardino Villanueva; Cura de Bravos; recommendation against pretentions of Mazatlán as port of deposit; Bishopric of Chilapa to be petitioned in Rome; priests from Chilapa, Tixtla, and Iguala recommended for the task.
Return from examination of the Mineral de Guad[alup]e on behalf of the Junta Directiva; discovery of rich veins; help of Juan Álvarez.
Request for recommendation for Joaquín at the Colegio de San Gregorio to officials and teachers; service as page to Madrid; tuition problem; Icaza; Pedraza.
Account of illness; Francisco Ortega; recommendation for Artist N. Coto.
Transmittal of copies of letters concerning the
Business with Ormachea; possible nomination of Anaya; Pedraza.
Flooding of Chalco caused by irrigation project at Hacienda de Asunción; relations with Temamatla and Pueblo de los Reyes; local inclination to destroy the dam. Includes draft of answer to the Sub-prefect Arróyave, August 1, 1849, promising remedy.
Receipt of $389 from José María Garrido for Ana María de Alba; Peage del camino de Perote a Veracruz. Includes receipt by Joaquina de los Cobos de Heaven.
Request for co-operation in strengthening governmental control of the nation.
Decision of Arizcorreta to resign; Rancho de Zenibrones; secrecy of conferences with Riva Palacio; plans of the land owners.
Opening of state legislature; resignation of Arizcorreta expected; growth of feeling for Riva Palacio; Robredo.
Promulgation of government regulations; Madrid's reaction to the
Separation of cows; prices; illness of Olavarrieta; consultation with other owners.
Work at Tleconextale and Nopalera; barley at Sacatlale; Chilar; delivery of coal to Chalco and sale to Arechaga; Garrido; separation of cows for Velázquez; Reyes; sale of milk; rain; movement of wheat to Molino and corn to Chalco; bricking of the ranch house; Tahuey; Carril; Moral; San Bartolo; Zula; Teperte; Luis; Cadena.
Request for evidence in trial of Lieutenant Colonel Mariano Ayllon; meeting with Atilano Sánchez and Mariano Otero; Filisola; secret meeting with young lady who had been abducted; Asesor Ignacio Flores Alatorre. Includes draft of answer.
Resignation of Arizcorreta; vote of deputies to request Senate to permit Riva Palacio to serve as governor.
Resignation of Arizcorreta; Terreros and Icaza appointed commission to arrange Riva Palacio's appointment.
Resignation of Arizcorreta; movement to elect Riva Palacio; mission of Icaza and Terreros to the Senate; crisis facing the state government.
Meeting of Junta in Tlalmanalco; separation of cows.
Request for Riva Palacio to accept office as governor.
Request for Riva Palacio to accept office as governor.
Request for Riva Palacio to accept office as governor; resignation of Arizcorreta; petition sent to Mexico.
Receipt of $217 from Lic. Hil[ario] Elguero for Josefa and Refugio de Alba; Juan Felipe de Alba; José María Garrido; Ana María de Alba; peage de Perote a Veracruz.
Request for approval of the mission of Icaza. Includes also draft of letter to Manuel G[arcía?] Aguirre, accepting the offer. Includes draft to Domingo Pérez Fernández and one to D[omingo] Revilla, and P[edro] E[scudero] y C. (August 27), same subject; Otero; Ortega.
Meeting of Junta in Tlalmanalco; Texcoco; Leandro Hernández; uprising of Indians in Huexhoculco; collection of money for Atilano Sánchez from Martínez del Río brothers.
Arrangements for appointment; political advice; living conditions; furniture;
Congratulations on appointment; loss of employment; request aid in obtaining employment.
Mission of Icaza and Terreros; rental of house of late Miguel Ozta; Francisco Pliego; Peña; Manuel Fernández; Calle de la Monterilla;
Removal of furniture to house of Terreros; González Fuentes; result of election; election of deputies.
Bill for $2,562, accounts of Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero and Dolores.
Announcement of unanimous election of Riva Palacio to be Governor. Includes two other related documents:
Transmittal of decree naming Riva Palacio governor, signed Domingo Revilla, Manuel G. Aguirre, and J. M. Sánchez.
$75 received from Manuela Poras for house at 14 Calle de Cordovanes. Embossed seal.
Congratulations on election as governor; introduction to Pedro Escudero. Embossed design: Wreath with BATH.
Transmittal of thanks of Rojas; travel to Toluca; Rojas' son in state school; Mexico's ills blamed on its leaders.
News of election sent to newspapers; Lorenzo Carrera; hope for stronger government.
Request for support of Vicente Cruz in the peage de Cuautitlán.
Official notice of election.
Departure of Juez Vanue and Juez Mendívil; Lafragua.
Recommendation for Esteban V. de León of Temascaltepec.
Recommendation for Lorenzo Calderón of Zacualpan.
Litigation over land; aid of Noriega in Texcoco; owner in Zoquiapan; Acuautla; Cura Aguilar y Bustamante; meeting of Junta; Villaurrutia; Juez letrado del partido de Chalco;
Minutes of the meeting. Election of Pioquinto González, Tomás Tirado; Ignacio Cruz; Lázaro Morales, Clemente Rivas; José María Alanis; José María Cossío y Pino; José Cedillo; votes for Carlos Biamonte, Francisco López, José Rivera, Agustín Abad, Pedro Pasalagua, Germán Morales, and Patricio Moctezuma, José María Rubí, Francisco del Río, Lic. Miguel Buenrostro; José María Hernández, elector executor; Benito Martínez, elector secretario.
Recommendation for Comandante militar de Zacualpan Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Calderón; Hacienda de Tierra Colorado.
Transmittal of list of employees; Instituto literario. The list is missing.
Transmittal of letter; Maneyro; publication in
Request for back pay; help of Álvarez and Arista; resignation of Arizcorreta; Aduana de Cuernavaca; charge of favoring new state of Guerrero; Virmond; José María.
Account of income and expenses for September 10.
Settlement of land dispute; difficulties with sister [su hermana] Guadalupe Cervantes; proposed sale of Hacienda de Tierra Caliente; Manuel Machiz; Pepe Juan; Bernarda; Agustín.
Election of Manuel de la Rosa and Francisco López; announcement of state ministry; advice on Ministry of Hacienda; Noriega; Escudero.
Business with government in supply of cloth, furniture, and guns; Marcos Fortout(?).
Recommendation given for Mariano Larreátegui; resignation of Arizcorreta; [José María?] Madariaga, Deputy; revolt of Indians of Chilapa against paying the
Transmittal of formal statement of the state government on relations between church and state. Includes also short letter signed José Vicente López, Ixtapaluca, October 23, 1849 to the Cura Párroco de Coatepec, 2
Vacation with Joaquín Escandón on the Hacienda de San Mateo; Anzorena, Presidente del colegio electoral; transmittal of letter on election results; Gregorio; Manuel Terreros.
Recommendation for De la Trouplinière as civil engineer; employment by Olaguíbel.
Recommendation for Lieutenant Colonel José M. García, Captain (encargado de la mayoría) Julián Pagaza, and Ayudante Manuel Almazán of the Batallón de Guardia Nacional; Villa del Valle; civil disorder in District of Temascaltepec.
Congratulations on appointment.
Resignation of Gutiérrez; recommendation for Letrado Duarte and Mier y Noriega; Romero; approval of Governor's administrative program; amnesty given wounded corporal.
Transmittal of document of the Ministry of Hacienda for comment.
Congratulations on appointment, from the Prefecto.
Transmittal of report of the Junta de Minería; opposition to Joaquín Navarro;
Payment of debt by Fortunato Soto; request for loan for Canal to Tacubaya; lead pipe; recommendation for Ignacio Mañón. Embossed monogram.
Distribution of printed matter to the Senate; Olmedo; Calle de Santa Clara; travel to Cuautla by stagecoach.
Recommendation for Lieutenant Colonel Juan de Dios Ar[é]valo, retired.
Danger of uprising by the
Election of Ramírez as elector secundario; approval of Riva Palacio; penalty for failure to attend meetings.
Election of Riva Palacio; disapproval of Arizcorreta.
Poverty of the town of Coatepec Chalco; service as
Approval of Riva Palacio; elections; elections in Miacatlán, Cuernavaca, and Tonacatepec; opposition in Morelos.
Visit by Yáñez and Noriega; concern for his health; eye trouble; school discipline; Sra. de Haro; Quesada; university banners; children of Julián; Mónica; Micaelita; Juan Bueno; Salomé; Rebollar; Herreros; Baroja; Doña Fermina; Don Pepe.
Negotiations with Juan Molina; Juanito; Pilar; Fernando.
Recommendation for Lieutenant Colonel Juan de Dios Arévalo.
Congratulations on assuming office.
Protest against custom of making payments for the Sagrado viático; protest to the Juzgado Municipal de Ixtapaluca; Acuautla; Gregorio Flores; baptism of Luis Mitre; alcalde auxiliar; Vicente Zamora.
Letter of Pepe Juan; invitation for visit; Conde; Ana; Agustín; Lola.
Recommendation for Bernardo Copca(?); opposition to removal of Prefecto of Tula Ignacio Gutiérrez; elections; monarchist and Santa Anna parties.
Congratulations on new office; joy at having a native of Oaxaca in office.
Growth of gambling in the resort town of San Ángel.
Recommendation for Lic. José Guillermo de los Cobos; loss of employment.
Recommendation for Lic. Juan Bautista Solares; debt due the state; Rancho de Taranco; magueyes; Administrador de rentas de Coyoacán.
Recovery from illness; baths at El peñol; Antonio Garay; recovery of Zurutusa; opposition of abolition of the alcabala; Luis Varela; José Clavo Cavallier(?); Lorenzo Carrera; Joaquín Flores; Mañón; Torres; Mocotela; experience in the aduana marítima; discharge by the comandante militar; service in Dirección general de alcabalas; José Antonio Venegas recommended as cook; service with Bustamante and the late Agüero; Pedro Escudero.
Request for letter of recommendation for Antonio Colín to show the Tribunal Superior de Justicia.
Transmittal of letters; election in Cuernavaca; Álvarez; political danger in Guanajuato reported by Arellano; recommendation for General Tomás Requena, Comandante general de Jalisco, and Manuel Siliceo, Deputy; support of Esteban León and Lorenzo Calderón of Sultepec.
Transmittal of inaugural speech and Periódico oficial; condition of the treasury; complaints against General Pinson(?) of the District of Taxco; request for advice on execution of the law; efforts to establish the state of Guerrero; request for interview in Toluca; Cantú; Haro. Apparently written to Juan Álvarez.
Support to be given Riva Palacio by Deputy José María Madariaga, Haro, and the electors; enforcement of law requiring attendance of legislators.
Reported decree of Querétaro allowing landowners to raise their own defensive forces as protection against bands of outlaws; transmittal of petition of the Junta menor to the Congress, via Copca.
Request for intervention with the Provincial for revocation of transfer of Dominican Miguel Castillo to Mexico for his work in establishing a hospital and efforts to establish a pantheon in Morelos.
Publication of a system of accounting for government funds; recommendation for José María Reyes, candidate for election as Deputy; experience as editor of
Request for intervention in the litigation pending with the cura de Juchitepec; indecision of the Tribunal Superior; need for victory of governmental processes; Juzgado de Letras de Chalco; Acuautla.
Request for decision on day set for elections; Arróllave; Garrido.
Recommendation for Alcalde constitucional de Sultepec Tomás Urbán.
Request for information on the Peaje de Cuautitlán; need for road improvement; arming of the haciendas in Querétaro. Has clipping attached.
Legislative approval of the new state of Guerrero; problem of establishing responsibility for issuing the decree; Otero's sponsorship.
Recommendation for Amado de la Piedra; project to make Tlalchapa a municipalidad; illness of Francisco Andrés, elector secundario; loan to Castilleja supported by the Alcalde de Chalco.
Request for intervention in obtaining justice for José María Flores of the Hacienda de Oacalco; invasion of hacienda by Alcalde de Tlayacapan Sisto Sosa and the guardia nacional; Temaquisquiloya (?); appeal to the Supremo Gobierno and to Arizcorreta; replacement of Sosa by the Prefecto de Texcoco; destruction of property; Paraje de Temaquisquilaya (?); Los Pedernales given to citizens of Santa Catarina; Distrito de Cuernavaca; José Jiménez de Velasco appointed legal representative. Includes copy of the
Recommendation for Mariano Ruiz for employment; service in Administración de rentas de Cuernavaca and Taxco.
Recommendation for Juan N. Rodríguez, relative of Vicente León; preparation for elections; seditious movements in State of Mexico; travel of Ignacio Gutiérrez, son of general of same name, to Tenancingo.
Introduction to Pedro Carrasco and electors from the Partido de San Juan Teotihuacán; Terreros; Sra. Ex-condesa de San Pedro.
Collection of 3% of gold and silver mined in the state, assayed at the capital; law of April 30 and June 16, 1847; law of Oct. 4, 1824 “Ley de clasificación de rentas”; laws of November 22, 1821, Oct. 16, 1847, on tax on metals; defense of state rights by Olaguíbel; protest against excessive taxation of minerals; Districts of Tulancingo, Tula, Sultepec, Taxco.
Travel of Aldez to Tenancingo instead of Gutiérrez; increased activity of Santanistas on arrival of Arrillaga.
Introduction to Francisco Aramburu; preparation for elections; responsibilities of office.
Inspectors suppressed by Olaguíbel; use of employees from Contaduría or Tesorería; request for re-establishment of inspectors; Julián.
Travel of Aramburu, Parra, Quiñones, and Castañares to election session.
Request for aid in establishing eligibility of José García y Goytia for transfer from Aduana marítima de San Blas to Mexican Legation in Paris; intervention of Otero.
Delay in attending session of the legislature caused by uprising in Morelos; opposition to amnesty for rebels.
Congratulations on new office; interest in primary education; establishment of a school.
Approval of Riva Palacio's policy; plans for the state of Guerrero; interview proposed at Zacualpam, the Hacienda de San Gabriel; arrangements by Deputy Madariaga; dissatisfaction with Pinzón; replacement by Tomás Gómez or Fructuoso Cuenca suggested; Tepecoacuilco; Haro in Mexico; application of penalty to absent deputies recommended; Lic. Siliceo recommended by Arista. Includes copy of letter.
Reported movement of General [Francisco González?] Pavón to Mexico.
Reported plan of rebels to surprise Toluca; dispatch of troops under Colonel González for protection; station at Lerma; Arista; León.
Report of Captain Beltrán; annexation of district to Sultepec; Quiñones; Bustamante; Iscatepec; cannon handled by Torres; unpopularity of General Pinzón; funds for Guardia nacional; watch over the Treasury; Anselmo Cortés recommended to replace Pinzón. Includes draft of answer by Álvarez, October 1: necessity for paying taxes; steps taken to avoid discord.
Arizcorreta's orders to Domingo Pérez Fernández for returning to towns the lands taken by the landowners; orders issued
Same as number 3183.
Request for aid to Cosme Barón, unjustly removed from office as alcalde by Juez del partido Villar; accusations of Sub-prefecto Becerril; U.S. troops in Tlalpam.
Plan of Santanistas to capture Toluca; protection to be given by León and Calderón; Temascaltepec;
Approval of Riva Palacio's policy in Toluca; letter sent by an elector from Teotihuacán; Terreros; Otero.
Support of national government; León in Cuernavaca; interview with Pavón; money furnished rebels by Canónigo Lebrija.
Reluctance of military to pursue bandits in the mountains; instructions to Alcaldes of Ocoyoacac and Santiago; defeat of bandits at Huisquiluca[n]; Cuajimalpa; Las Cruces.
Warning of an imminent revolutionary movement.
Request for aid in securing teaching position; experience in local schools; letter sent by Elector Sebastián Segura.
List of expenses involved in admission to the bar; request for loan; influence with the Colegio de San Gregorio; offer of services as editor of
Efforts to reconcile bandits and landowners; favorable results shown by Hacienda de San Nicolás Peralta and by Atenco; González; Sergeant Cipriano Romero.
Recommendation for Pedro Ruano, Juez de Temascaltepec.
Recommendation for Manuel Gómez. Includes note by bearer, giving real name as Andrés Caracero and asking for interview; Manuel Vejira (Nejira?); Plutarco González.
Return of troops sent to Toluca at discretion; González.
González' expedition; Peaje; search for bandits; movement of suspicious persons; La Rosa of Tlalpam accused of formenting
Petition by Indians of Jaltocan brought by Ignacio Ugalde of Huasteca; quick decision by the Tribunal Superior; College.
Petition of the Ayuntamiento de Miacatlán for separation from Masatepec.
Sonora's approval of new state of Guerrero; need for a
Introduction to Ignacio Ugalde, representing Indian town in Huasteca in case before the Tribunal Superior.
Search for
Shipment of gold from Mineral de El Oro suspended at Ixtlahuaca for fear of bandits; request for armed guards, at company expense.
List of qualified and reliable lawyers; recommendation for their employment as
Introduction to Manuel Gómez for use as informer; bandits at Chietla; reports
on Sierra y Roso and Canónigo Lebrija; clipping on the subject from
Recommendation for Cristóbal Andrade, Prefect of Huejttla, and Elector Sáenz.
Congratulations on new office.
Arrest of 21 men suspected of being en route to Toluca to cause trouble; transfer to Mexico; address on Calle de Ortega.
Request for co-operation with
Congratulations on upset of Santanista plans; funds furnished rebels by Canónigo Lebrija and Perdigón; need for uncovering the other leaders.
Service with troops of González; imprisonment; request for help; other prisoners: Lucas Arregui; Ángel Gordon; Luis Chabarri; Guadalupe Allende; Pedro Mateos; Felipe Arenas.
Protection of gold shipment; González; Herrera; Chalco; Cuautla; support of León and Calderón; publication of a report on the threatened uprising to discredit its leaders, recommended; search for Perdigón, Sierra y Roso, and Lebrija.
Efforts to find Fray Miguel Castillo among inhabitants of Morelos; Fray Manuel Burgos.
Request for copy of portrait of Guerrero for celebration in Acapulco; transmittal of letter from military commander in Teloloapan.
Efforts to gain information from prisoners; transfer of prisoners to Mexico; disappearance of bandits; names of prisoners: Teófilo Origuela, Epitacio Bernal, Joaquín Marroquín, José María Barrera, José María Arrceta, Anselmo Amaya, Vicente Morales, Martín Garibaldo, Miguel Flores, Luis Lozada, Francisco Campos, José María Anaya; travel of electors delayed by crowded stagecoach.
Need for troops to prevent uprising at Puebla and Cuautla; return of González' force.
Introduction to Gabriel Díaz, Elector from Zacualpan.
Transmittal of documents for the electors of Tepecoacuilco via Solares; payment of expenses by the Aduana; uprising feared in Teloloapan; efforts to assure the populace.
College affairs; illness of Domínguez; heirs of Bassoco; Fonseca; Padre Guadalajara; sala de dibujo; Idalga; work on the building; Varela; Juzgado de Letras de Texcoco; Toluca.
Loss of employment blamed on Otero; request for aid in finding position; illness; work as schoolteacher.
Gift of fish for Riva Palacio and Noriega; separation of Aguirre from the Congress; Juan; Bernarda; Agustín; Lola.
Introduction to Mariano Velasco, Elector secundario Partido de Apam.
Introduction to José Sebastián Segura, son of Vicente Segura, now Elector de Pachuca; education in the Colegio de Minería; Administrador de contribuciones.
Request for opinion on decision to drop Gregorio de Mier y Terán from the project to build a railroad.
Request for suspension of decree of preceding government on work of charity in Huichapan; disapproval of plans for a college; disagreement with the Cura Vicario foráneo.
Vigilance over the
Advantageous geographical position of State of Mexico; General Álvarez; travel to Sonora as inspector of the Colonias de Occidente.
Recommendation for Padre Castillo; forcible ouster of predecessor; uprising planned on the Hacienda de Gerontetelco (?) for the 27th, broken up by the Guardia nacional; experience in Jonacatepec, Juchi. Achichipico, Chietla, and Matamoros. Embossed design: lion and unicorn around globe.
Report on prisoners Tejada, Allende, and Epitacio Bernal; preparation of charges; Arista; Anaya requested to arrest Camacho; Escudero; transfer of prisoners to Toluca.
Order of the Ministro de Hacienda to the Administradores de contribuciones;
Plan to send troops through Chalco, Cuautla, and Cuernavaca; disappearance of
Circulars for inspection of the districts of the state distributed by Lic. Rebollar; Cervantes; Elector Carlos Biamonte; replacement of Manuel Escandón; approval of economic program; organization of armed forces; dispersal of meeting at Yecapixtla in Tezontetelco by Subprefecto de Cuautla and the Guardia nacional; Oliveros; amnesty. Has list of officials receiving the circular: Anselmo Zurutuza, Francisco Iturbe, and José Rafael Trejo in Tula; José María Godoy, Manuel Escandón, and Lorenzo Carrera in West Mexico; José María Bassoco, Carlos Biamonte, Benito Maqua, Miguel Cervantes, and Lorenzo Arroyabe in Toluca; José María Garay in Sultepec; General Ángel P[érez] Palacios, Juan Goribar, and Luis Rovalo for Cuernavaca.
Candidacy in election supported by electors of Huejutla, by Domingo Revilla, Yáñez, Otero, and Arista; interest in public education and disinclination toward politics; Francisco Andrade; shortage of books in Institute library; recommendation for Manuel Buenrostro, Sabino Flores, and Sebastián López y Galicia. Pencil note on disorder in Sultepec Archives.
Liquidation of accounts of the house of the Duque de Terranova in
Rumors of revolt on September 27; Dolores; troubles at the college; Trejo, Pérez, and Nájera on staff; absentees at meeting; opposition of Aguilar; vote of Junta de estudios on library funds; Lacunza; [Diez de] Sollano; fear of restrictions on curriculum; request for counsel; family of Rodríguez [Puebla]; Lozano.
Request for intervention on behalf of the Mesa de la Parroquia de Taxco in its claims before the Tribunal de Justicia. Embossed design: Bristol.
Search for Lacunza at Colegio de San Juan de Letrán; letters delivered to Arista; delay in sending troops for Herrera's permission; Robredo; Café del Progreso; Café del Bazar; Periódico oficial;
Delivery of letter by Francisco Ocampo; decree on
Illness with chest infection; Manuel Terreros; decree removing electors from Guerrero State from participation in elections in Mexico and Puebla urged by Lacunza; opportunity to buy
Protest against severity of Pinzón in Teloloapam; Rafael Solares recommended to be Prefecto in District of Taxco; Olaguíbel; exclusion of electors from Guerrero; organization of the new state.
Receipt of $50 for Juan de Dios Núñez; congratulations on suppression of recent revolt attempt.
Dispatch of troops; settlement of trouble in Cuautla; shortage of weapons; arrest of Quirós, leader of the Sierra Gorda revolt, at Ipasates in Querétaro State, by the Prefect of Huejutla; Lacunza.
Recommendation for Suárez Iriarte.
Visit to Administrador de rentas in Tula; peaje de Cuautitlán; examination of Administración de recaudación; new taxes; reduction of budget.
Funds for library refused by Junta de estudios; opposition of Lacunza; restrictions on pay of teachers; request for advice;
Decree on electors; dispatch of troops by Arista; Quirós; dissolution of Congress in Zacatecas.
Agreement with General Álvarez on prefects of Chilapa and Acapulco; Guadalupe Bello and Febronio Pegueros recommended.
Receipt of guns and powder; attitude toward amnesty granted by Riva Palacio and the state legislature; Arizcorreta; Ayuntamiento; orders of the Juez Letrado de Morelos; order for examination of Recaudaciones de contribuciones approved; appointment of Juan Goribar and Ángel Pérez Palacios; Manuel Rubín.
Request for aid in arresting Torres as a danger to civil peace; revolutionary activities of Subprefecto Juan Marín among Indians.
Congratulations on election.
Receipt of list of deputies; less liberal list from Puebla; dispatch of troops; arrest of Tiburcio Torres recommended.
Harvest of corn and wheat; Molino del Moral; Zula; water supply; barley; work of masons; brother Luis; Cadena; Julián.
Protest against checking cases sent from the Juzgado de Jonacatepec; Juez de Morelos; appointment of Juez interino suggested.
Disorders in Yautepec blamed on the Juez de Letras; persecution of Ayuntamiento.
Disorders in Yautepec blamed on efforts of rebels to turn citizens against the Juez de Letras Francisco de Castillo Ganancia; transmittal of letters from Joaquín Sánchez Munibe and Leonardo de la Fuente; Cura Gabriel Balderrama; Subprefecto Andrés Montes de Oca; Recaudador Manuel Villamil.
Election results in
Reports of Joaquín Sánchez Munibe and Leonardo de la Fuente; charges against the Juez de Letras de Yautepec; report of Gregorio de Mier y Terán; resignation of Andrés Montes de Oca.
Request of Ayuntamiento for remedy of ills before end of the Congress; threatened resignation of alcaldes and militia officers.
Request for employment in Prefectura de Texcoco; recommendation by José María Jiménez; services as Juez de Distrito, Auditor de Guerra de la Fortaleza de Perote, Prefecto in Veracruz and Puebla, Juez de Izúcar, criminal lawyer before the Tribunal Superior.
Recommendations to electors of Chilapa; revolt led by Faustino Villalba in Cocula, Municipalidad de Iguala; El Limón; help requested from Sultepec; work on state constitution.
Separation of electors from Guerrero State; services of troops of León and Calderón; suspicions of Mariano Ribera and Desiderio Ávila.
Discharge of Cura de Amatepec Tlatlaya Ignacio Hernández from office on advice of the Vicario foráneo; replacement by Presbítero Baldar, nephew of General Quijano; establishment of college and hospital in Huichapan.
Appointment as Administrador de rentas de Tlalnepantla declined; discussions with Márquez and Pedro Anaya; illness of friend; travel to North America; troubles with
Circular delivered to Garay; message for Arizcorreta; Goribar; replacement of Banuet(?); letter from Vargas in Cuautla; arming of haciendas; Cuernavaca; collection of taxes.
Progress of the college; changes proposed by the Rector; restrictions on teachers' pay; Idalga; completion of laws; Miranda; Antonio Icaza; restriction of income from Archicofradía; Binito Macua.
Arrest of Síndico del Ayuntamiento Tiburcio Torres by Juez de Letras de Yautepec; papers for Lic. Zea turned over to Haedo; efforts to bring charges against Juez de Yautepec Francisco del Castillo Ganancia; character of José María Haedo.
Completion of work in Texcoco; continuation in Tlalnepantla; recommendation for Juan Merás, previously with the Contaduría and Peaje de Cuautitlán; Joaquín; Herrera; Escudero Echánove; Terreros.
Recommendation for José Velasco, Alcalde de Toluca; vacancies in Cuautla and Tlalnepantla; Hacienda de Zoquiapa; unnecessary ceremonials protested; personal service by Indians for priests; separation of
Congratulations on new office; opposition to the
Charitable works at Huichapan; the late González' property; removal of cura Castilla from Cuautla; disregard of complaints against Prelado Burgos, cura de Morelos; charges aginst Juan Villaseñor, Cura de Tescaliacac settled by reprimand; Prefecto Cruz; Juez eclesiástico; reform of Cura de Istalapan Aguilar y Bustamante.
Pursuit of outlaws at Las Cruces and Sierra Gorda; pay for troops furnished by Administrador de Tabacos; surveillance of Luis Zamudio; Mineral; Arista; disaffection in San Andrés; Calderón recommended as prefect for the district; Guardia nacional; Alas; separation of the Municipalidad del Valle.
Visits from Barajas and Sollano; report on cattle by Prudencio; Castro; completion of pictures; Colín.
Charges brought by people of Teloloapan; surrender of the Prefectura to his succesor, Fructuoso.
Preparation of prizes and exercises; Barranco; aid of the Márquez; destruction of dams on his hacienda.
Convoy to Mexico; insecurity of the roads; request for aid of Guadarrama as far as Cuajimalpa; Spieso(?) in charge of convoy.
Vigilance over Real del Oro; scheme for avoiding tax used by García Torres; Juan Rosel.
Transmittal of proofs of project for indirect taxation.
Examination of the water of Las Salinas in Sultepec: low salt content; no uses anticipated.
Recommendation Ortega not be appointed Administrador in same area; Agustín Zalazar recommended.
Separation of electors from Acapulco, Chilapa, and Taxco; approval of state constitution by Senate; uprising in Cocula by Faustino Villalba with soldiers from Apipitulco; arrival in Tepecoacuilco; use of Guardia nacional in Teloloapam; expedition of General Palacios against rebels; defection of Rafael Durán; suspension of General Pinzón and replacement by Fructuoso Cuenca; Tixtla; anti-patriotic tendency in Teloloapam.
Request for recovery of horse belonging to Rosalio Castañeda and which was taken upon the arrest of Francisco Arce; Tío Lorenzo. Embossed design: Crown with letters: Superfine.
Instructions on sale of corn; notice to Dolores; Mariquita.
Uprising in Cocula; need for stern measures; weakness of Alas; inability of mining interests to pay for guards; income of Renta del Tabaco; Calderón urged to march to Zacualpam.
Postponement of mission to Tula; Zurutuza's business with the fair; Trejo; meeting with Garay and Godoy at the theatre.
Candidacy of F. Buenrostro as Juez interino de Cuautla; Diputado Ytanné(?).
Removal of guns from Temascalcingo; proposed sale to Sub-prefectura de Ixtlahuac; Hacienda de Ayala.
Promulgation of decree of the state legislature providing for settlement of state financial liabilities; adds administrative instructions for implementing the decree; sources of funds; limitations on use. Decree of Congress originally signed: Dr. Salvador Zedillo, President, Pascual González Fuentes, secretary, and Domingo Revilla, secretary. Indorsed by Manuel Terreros, Secretario de hacienda.
Promulgation of decree of the state legislature, levying a five percent tax on transfers of real estate; adds administrative instructions for implementing the decree. Zedillo; González Fuentes; Revilla; indorsed by Terreros.
Appointment to inspect fiscal affairs in the Partido de Tlalnepantla declined for reasons of health and difficulty of the work; experience of Antonio Garay.
Measures taken against Villalba; plan in
Appointment of Lorenzo Calderón Prefecto of Sultepec; León's troops; bandits on Toluca-Temascaltepec road.
Preparation for turning income from Aduana de Cuernavaca over to Gabino Sánchez; proposed law for arming the haciendas; Cuautla; local troops recruited by Commander of the 6th Regiment, Administrador de la hacienda de Yautepec, and the Prefecto de Cuernavaca and placed under Lieutenant Zaldívar; concern for results.
Illness as result of campaign against rebels in La Cañada de Cuernavaca; circular issued by the Secretario de Justicia y negocios eclesiásticos; opposition to
Delay in transmitting printed orders.
News sent by Garrido; illness; baths.
Transmittal of legal papers via Canónigo Lic. Pelagio Labastida.
Expedition of General Mariano (?) Palacios against Faustino Villalba; Juan Álvarez troops at Tepecoacuilco and Iguala; escape across the Río Grande; Guardia nacional under command of Colonel Francisco Suárez; failure of Pinzón to turn office over to Fructoso Cuenca.
Request for position as Juez de Letras in Actopan, Zimapán, Tula, or Pachuca; Juez Alamillo; service as Juez interino in Zacualtipan; Lic. José María Jiménez; Bernardo Martínez.
Recommendation for Lic. Manuel Alvires, President of the Supremo Tribunal de Justicia; Olaguíbel.
Proposal for use of convict labor in mines of Guerrero; equipment purchased by Federico Kampfer in Mexico; Mineral de Guadalupe; interview with Álvarez; purchase of cattle; pay of workers; Manuel Terreros.
College examinations; opening of the library; distribution of prizes; curriculum changes; Sabino Flores; Colegio de Abogados.
Conduct of Carlos and Vicente; Aguilar; Philosophy examinations; monument for Rodríguez [Puebla]; Hidalgo; Barajas; Lozano.
Need for interview with Álvarez;
Request for copy of decree on real estate tax; Goribar; candidates for Juzgado de Cuautla; Antonio Garay; replacement of Carrera to allow convalescence in Veracruz; Godoy.
Completion of picture [of Guerrero] by Severiano; Tonchita; Vicente; Blas; Lebrija; Haro; Vega.
Recommendation for Miguel Bocanegra, candidate for head of police in Chalco.
Defeat of Villalba; pursuit by Palacios, Suárez, and Torres; flight to District of Chilapa; danger to Indians; co-operation of forces; falsification of signatures charged against Rafael Durán; Cantú Vargas.
Request for letters of recommendation addressed to Bonifacio [Gutiérrez] and Filisola; position in postal service requested of Pedro María Anaya; Pilar; son Juan.
Return of letter of Riva Palacio.
Appointment of Calderón; troops offered Álvarez; Faustino Villalba in Cocula.
Petition of inhabitants for replacement of the ill Lic. Mendívil by Lic. Pablo María Rivera as Juez letrado.
Complaint of ill treatment by citizens of Xochimilco; disorder in archives; Tlalpam; inspection of Cuautitlán; organization of Seguridad pública; Juan Meras; Peage de Cuautitlán; Sandoval. Riva Palacio is addressed as
Uprising in Cocula; trouble in Yautepec between the Ayuntamiento and Juez de letras and in Morelos between the
Recommendation for Miguel José Ussi.
Summary of biographical data; Ministro suplente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia; Colegio de Guadalajara; legal experience; Secretario del Gobierno; Juez de primera instancia; Magistrado del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia de Sonora y Sinaloa; Profesor de Economía política, estadística y antigüedades mexicanas; Instituto de ciencias y artes de Jalisco; Consul in France; Junta directiva de Instrucción pública; Sub-director del tabaco; Director general del Apartado nacional; Supremo Tribunal de la guerra; Senator; Batallón de Hidalgo; Coronel de Bravos; Ministro de Justicia; Minister to France; Minister of Foreign Relations; Battle of Valle de México; Battle of Churubusco; medals; Sociedad de la frenológica de Paris; Sociedad francesa de estadística universal; Instituto de África; Academia nacional de la Historia; Academia de la lengua; Instituto de geografía y estadística; Sociedad Mexicana de geografía y estadística; San Juan de Letrán. Includes copy of letter of Suprema Corte de Justicia, regretting his resignation, signed Juan Bautista Morales; and copy of letter from the Ministro de relaciones, dated Mexico, October 21, 1849, signed Lacunza, praising his work in the ceremony honoring the ashes of Agustín de Iturbide.
Administration of property sales tax; law on arming of haciendas; Iturbe; Garay.
Request for statement to Bonifacio Gutiérrez on promise of employment in the Aduana de Guaymas made on return of government from Querétaro.
Introduction to brother of the late Juez letrado of Zimapán; request for property to be turned over to him; complaint against Administrador general de Tula; Huichapan; Actopan; Timbabuaros (?); Morquecho (?).
Assumption of duties as Juez de Letras; Blas.
Need for funds; voting in the Archicofradía; Juan Icaza; Pancho Fagoaga; Macua; Nicolás García; absence of Juez de Letras, Prefecto, and Administrador de Rentas in Texcoco; crowded jails.
Justice requested in case of sheep of Miguel Ussi detained at Tlalnepantla and confiscated in Mexico in 1847; payment of taxes.
Request for aid for Pedro del Villar.
Disorder in office blamed on Noriega; Rebollar; plans for new road; condition of jail; independent spirit of the people; house of Antonio Herrera; Garrido.
Request of brother Acipreste for Recaudador José de la Madrid not to be removed from office.
Request for repayment of
Purchase of guns; orders to Ixtlahuaca; payment to Chuchita; deposit of weapons during recent war.
Request for José de la Madrid to remain in office.
Warning of clandestine effort to free Guadalupe Allende from prison in Toluca by friends from Barrio de San Jaime; Colonel Amo(?) awaited at San Agustín.
Exaggerated report in
Request for help in retaining Lic. Francisco del Castillo Ganancia as Juez de Letras; charges brought to the Superior Tribunal; trouble in Cuautla.
Transmittal of copy of decree of the Legislature; anticipated resignation of Blanco in Córdoba.
Report on wheat harvest; weather; masonry work; the Temamatla road; expenses of El Moral; Tejocote; Zula; water control; sale of coal; sale of corn by Garrido; San Bartolo; Santiago Zula; Cayetano; Luis; Cadena; Julián.
Transmittal of warning letter; security of the roads; attack on [Benito] Haro.
Defense against rebels; instructions to prefects of Cuernavaca, Texcoco, and Tulancingo; pursuit of Perdigón; release of Lucas Arregui; deportation of gachupines via Veracruz; Quijano; Villega.
Promulgation of decree of the State congress, allowing payment of damages for certain losses suffered as result of the American occupation, with administrative instructions; Zedillo; González Fuentes; Domingo Revilla; endorsed by Terreros.
Plans for opening of the college library and “General”; Hidalga; carpenter work; recommendation for Lic. Mariano Villanueva.
Nephew José de Jesús Domínguez recommended for place as Juez de Letras in Cuautla; José María Domínguez; Iglesia de Loreto; Rector Sollano; Virgen del Refugio; Miguel Cervantes; Hospital de San Juan de Dios; Concurso de Cisneros(?).
Request for aid in keeping his children in school in the Instituto Literario; Arizcorreta; Graciela; Masures(?); Romero Díaz; Tiripitío; Pueblo de Malaca.
Recommendation for Felipe Castro.
Recommendation for brother Pedro; León; employment in the Valle de México; notice of Perdigón in
Request for action in case of Miguel Ussi.
Illness of Bonifacio Gutiérrez; Ministerio de Hacienda turned over to Lacunza; request for letter of recommendation to be sent the latter. Pardon for quality of paper.
Request for aid in employment; services as judge and
Investigation of money substitute used by Francisco Mendoza Cortina at Cuahuistla to pay workers and for use in company store; description of the coins; pay system; Tierra Caliente; recommendation for Lic. Portilla; travel with Goribar to Cuautla and Cuernavaca.
Conduct of Vicente and Carlos; Monigue[]a; weather; Noriega.
Conduct of Carlos; relations with Lozano and Iriarte; result of examinations; Julián; Blas Zamora.
Transmittal of new copy of suit by José María Flores for action; Ayuntamiento de Tlayacapan; Tibones(?).
Receipt of $100.
Nephew Luis Valdós recommended to replace the recaudador de Tetecala; work with Yáñez and as the Tesorero de Tabasco.
Introduction for Lic. Francisco del Castillo, Juez de Letras de Yautepec, earlier catedrático del Colegio de Letrán.
Request for decision in case of claim of Indians for lands at Prietas de Ocuila, previously owned by Terreros and sold to Austacio [Eustacio?] Mateos.
Beginning of
Promulgation of decree of State Congress re-organizing tax-collection system and changing the name
Appointment to inspection commission of the Administración de contribuciones.
Recommendation for Major Domingo Ascoytia as Prefecto de Tulancingo.
Recommendation for Vicente Fernández.
Pursuit of bandits by troops of Captain Francisco León near Monte de Las Cruces, Sultepec, Cerro Gordo, Paredones, and Tescaltitlán; search for Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Cea y González, suspected of urging an uprising in favor of Santa Anna; Prefecto Inocente Popoca; Amaltepec; mining business; interview with Lorenzo Calderón at Almoloya; money for troops received from Rentas del Tabaco; Felipe Sámano; letter from Álvarez; dispersal of Villalba's rebels at Cerro Prieto.
Request for copy of the decree setting up State of Guerrero, printed on satin for framing.
Recovery from lung infection; defense of minority rights; resignation of Bonifacio Gutiérrez blamed on refusal to sign order for payment of claim of Francisco Morphy; Lacunza's insistence on payment; tax on entering ships sold for $1,000,000; demands
on the indemnity; purchase of
Request for a copy of the
Arrival of Domínguez; opening of the library and “general”; reopening of church; Arróyabe; Santa María; García; tomb of Rodríguez and Guerrero; Idalga.
Request for the State of Mexico to pay widow's pensions temporarily; lack of funds in national treasury.
Request for payment of widows' pensions and salary of José María Migoni by the state through the subcomisario.
Examinations at the Colegio de abogados and before the Suprema Corte de justicia; Vicente's grades.
Plan for interview; expedition to Teloloapam to settle vestiges of rebellious spirit among the Indians and followers of Villalba; settlement in Cocula; picture of Guerrero; Haro; Hacienda de San Gabriel; Pinzón; Chilpancingo.
Favorable consideration recommended for petition of the citizens of Hacienda de San Gabriel for personal rights; General Luis G. Vieyra; Tianguis; Titla (Tixtla?).
Conduct of Carlos; Lozano; Iriarte; Flores' examination by Esteva and Corte de Justicia.
Request for co-operation with Goribar and Rovalo to stop unrest in the District of Yautepec. With extra sheet containing lines similar to verse.
Order for assistance to Juez de Letras de Yautepec; Juan Marín, Manuel Abascal; Manuel Navarro; Tiburcio Ferres; appeal to Pérez Palacios for help. Written under letterhead of governor of Mexico.
Preparations for visit of Riva Palacio; José Alonso de Terán, Tesorero de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Morelia; chantre; Manuelito; Gregorio; plans for branding.
Report on suspected revolutionary work of Padre Alcocer; reprimand; support of Lic. Solórzano, Juez de Letras de Tenancingo; request for data on suspects; vicarios foráneos; Lic. Zavala in Zacualpam; Dr. Campos in Iguala; Dr. Ballastra (?) in Cuernavaca; Tescalyacac; Almoloya; Cura Villaseñor; request for action to be taken against author of article
Favorable action requested on petition of citizens of Tlahuac against collection of
Transmittal of letter by Vicente; Salomé; Juan Francisco; Joaquinito; Flores Barajas; Mariquita [?]; Mazini.
Effect of changing
Offer to pay $50 on debt; winnings at Lotería de San Carlos; Otero; Pedraza. Includes draft of answer.
Illness; transmittal of law on tax on brandy manufacture.
Local discontent blamed on policy of Lic. Grandados, Judge of the
Reported meetings of
Congratulations on establishment of the new state and Álvarez' appointment; transmittal of copies of orders and exhortation to citizens separated from Mexico State to transfer loyalty to the new state; portrait of Guerrero; Diego; Encarnación; Haro; Cantú.
Recommendation for appointment of José María Verdiguel as district prefect to replace Ignacio Gutiérrez, elected deputy.
Transmittal of anonymous letter suggesting conspiracy involving Juan Álvarez and Antonio Haro and abusing the confidence of Riva Palacio; Arista's suspicions of Coronel Retirado Mariano Rivero, Silva, Quijano, Zamudio; transfer of Zamudio to Temascaltepec; reports from Prefects of Texcoco and Tulancingo.
Payment of debt to Juan Estrada; list of persons recommended for the Junta de beneficencia para el Hospital de San Juan de Dios; peacefulness of the district; includes list: “Lista de las personas á quienes puede dirigirse la Junta de veneficencia del Hospital... en calidad de Comisionados: General Ángel Pérez Palacios of Cuernavaca; Felipe Vargas of Morelos; José Joaquín Sánchez Munibe of Yautepec; Manuel Sáenz de la Peña of Tetecala; José María Carbajal of Jonacatepec; also Ramón Cano, Pedro Valdovinos, and José Sedano of Cuernavaca; Ignacio Silva, Luis Marsan, Ventura Orellana, Antonio Gutiérrez, and Joaquín Gollonechi of Cuernavaca; Andrés Montes de Oca, Esteban Gollonechi, Leonardo de la Fuente, and Jesús Navarro of Yautepec; José Domínguez, Lic. Ignacio Peña y Barragán, Manuel Terreros, José Gómez Linares, Julián Larraguíbel, Lucas Urrutia, and Francisco Mendoza Cortina of Morelos; Manuel Morales of Jonacatepec, and José María Torres of Tetecala.
List of persons recommended for the Junta de beneficencia of the Hospital de San Juan de Dios in Toluca to help gather funds; Agustín Paredes for Tulancingo; José María Vázquez for Pachuca; Pedro José Ignacio Calderón for Apam; also Patricio Martínez Oropeza, Presbítero José Roque Madariaga, Rafael Ruiz, Luis Calle, Rafael Durán, Pedro Montes, Rafael Ramírez, Antonio Soto, Juan Lezama, and Rafael Cortés of Tulancingo; Tomás Mancera, Cura Mariano Monterde, Nicolás Durán, and Pedro Merino of Mineral del Chico; Pedro del Castillo and Felipe Hidalgo of Mineral del Monte; Manuel Revilla, Eusebio Palma. José Antonio Montero, José Antonio Galindo, and Manuel Madariaga of Pachuca; Mariano Velasco, Ignacio Madrid Espejel, and Mariano Mendoza of Apam.
Protest against gambling at house of Mariano Rivera, Number 19 del Portal; losses of Agustín Olmos; incitement to crime; Virjan (?); Inojosa; Fonseca; Diego Villaseñor; Castañones. Notes on back: González V.; Echeverría; appointment of Administradores; Tula; Instituto.
Visit of Haro; San Nicolás; Salomé; portrait of Guerrero; Echeverría; Vicente; Carlos; Jose[f]ina; Pepe; Manuel; Antonino.
Acceptance of appointment as Ministro de Hacienda; policy set by Riva Palacio; mission to Tula handled by Zurutuza; papers sent to Garay.
Inability of commission involving Arróyabe, Miguel Cervantes, and Benito de Maqua to act because of illness of Maqua; replacement by Nicolás García of Teotihuacán recommended; signature for L. Rovalo.
Wheat harvest; San Bartolo; Santiago Zula; storage at El Molino; masonry work on canal; sale of corn to Bartolo González; sale of charcoal; payroll at El Moral; Luis; Cadena; Julián.
Civil suit against the Ayuntamiento de Tlalmanalco; Joaquín Noriega; support of Vicente Zamora and Francisco Velázquez; removal to El Moral; candidacy for the Fielato de Ozumba; contraband trade encouraged by freedom allowed under American occupation and in the State of Puebla; request for $500 for new business in Tlalmanalco.
Request for exemption of his brother from administrative reorganization of Recaudaciones de Apam.
Warning against employees favored by Olaguíbel and Arizcorreta and supporters of Santa Anna in Districts of Tlalnepantla, Texcoco, and Cuernavaca; rebellious activity of agents of Arizcorreta, by Juez Lic. Francisco Banuet (Bonnet?) of Morelos, Subprefecto Ignacio Peña, Recaudador de contribuciones José María Bustamante, Gregorio Torres, and Prefecto Villaseñor; conspiracy among Olaguíbel, Perdigón, Garay, Haro, Trigueros, Lombardo, and Baranda, counting on weapons of the Guardia nacional; plan of Alcalde Bernardino of Morelos based on desire for land reforms; opposition of office-holders to Riva Palacio's administrative reforms; armed strength of the land owners.
Request for employment of José de la Madrid; recommendation of Manuel G. Pedraza.
Recommendations for work with the Hospital de San Juan de Dios, Epigmenio de la Piedra of Tenancingo, Crescencio Villegas of Tenango, and Luis Suárez of Ixtlahuaca; transmittal of longer list.
This is the list transmitted in No. 3394. Lists Hacendados Vicente Ballesteros, José de Ágreda, José Juan Cervantes, Rafael Lechuga, José María González Arratia, Gregorio Mier y Terán, Ignacio Mañón, José Francisco Pliego, Jesús Pliego of Toluca, Manuel Salceda. Merchants: José María Aguilar of Zinacantepec, Santiago Albarrán of Almoloya, Viuda de Ambris of Otzolotepec, Luis Barrientos, Ignacio Bernal, Francisco Bernal de S., José María Caballero of Ixtlahuaca, Antonio Díaz, Pascual Díaz, Ramón Díaz, Joaquín Estévez of Toluca, Joaquín Fernández, Francisco Fierro of Metepec, Joaquín Flores, Felipe Garduño of Tenango, Francisco Garduño, José Guadarrama, Leonardo Guadarrama, Julián Gutiérrez, Pedro Gutiérrez, Cristóbal Jiménez, Gregorio León, Sra. Ana Madrid, Rafael Mercado, José María Mondragón, Rafael Monroy, Eusebio Montes, Francisca Montes de Oca, José Montes de Oca, Joaquín Muñiz of Amanalco, Rafael Murguía, José Ortega of Lerma, Ignacio de la Piedra, José Antonio Poso, Isidoro Pozo, Bernabé de Quevedo of Tenancingo, Anselmo Robles, Gabino Sánchez, Rafael Santín, José Sosa, Manuel Torres y Compañía, Lorenzo Trujillo, Andrés de la Vega, Ciriaco Villegas, Manuel Zúñiga.
Illness of Otero; Maneyro; Cumplido; Recio; Doloritas; college accounts; resignation of superintendent; building repairs; graves of Rodríguez and Guerrero.
Recommendations for appointment to the Junta de Beneficencias for the Hospital de San Juan de Dios: Miguel Becerril of Tula, Cura Dr. Marcos Cárdenas of Actopan, Gerónimo Martínez of Ixmiquilpam, Cura Rafael María Martínez of Huichapam, Lic. Mariano Navarro of Jilotepec, and José Noeggeraht of Zimapán; vacancy for prefect; Seguridad pública.
Recommendations for Junta de Beneficencia, Hospital de San Juan de Dios: Padre Guardián Felipe Aguilera, Manuel Alas, Agustín Alcasena of Temascaltepec, Antonio Almazán, Ángel Alvarado, José Alzá, Pedro Archundia, Jesús Benhumea (?), Severo Calderón, José María Camposano of Zacualpam, Susano Camposano, José Hilario Castro, Felipe Catzole, Juan Carmonal, Joaquín de la Cueva, Pioquinto de la Cueva, Gabriel Díaz Leal, Ignacio Díaz, Roque María Jacinto Díaz of Zacualpam, Diego Dorantes of Iztalapan, Br. Francisco Frutis, Juan Galán of Otzoloapam, Basilio García, Eligio García, Ignacio Granados of Temascaltepec, José Granados, Marcos Granados, Testamentaría de Manuel Camilo Izquierdo, Francisco Jaime, Esteban León, Juan León, Esteban López, Francisco López, Rafael Loza, Carlos Macedo of Tejupilco, Manuel Millán, Vicente Morales, Testamentaría de Eugenio Montes de Oca. Vicente Morales, Luis Nava, Rafael Ocampo, José Pagaza, Juan Pérez, Juan N. Pichardo, Guadalupe Reynoso, Testamentaría de Ignacio Rubí de Celis. Eduardo Rodríguez, Br. Juan Rodríguez, Ruano (Juez de Temascaltepec), Presbítero Manuel Saavedra, Samudio, Felipe Sámano of Sultepec, José Francisco Santín, Br. Pioquinto Serrano, Román Soltero, Juan Spies, Br. Salvador Suárez, Zenón Suárez Calderón & Brothers, Mariano Telles, Felipe Torres, Ignacio Torres, José Varela, Refugio de la Vega, Esteban Vértiz, Villalba rebellion, Manuel Villasana, Esteban Villavicencio, Lic. Rafael Zavala. Also: archives, assumption of office, Real de Minería, and surveillance over supporters of Santa Anna.
Recommendation for Pascual Martínez de Castro; illness of mother; delay in assuming office.
Final settlement of the Sierra rebellion; request for 150 soldiers for military aid to Yucatán.
Civil disturbance at Yautepec; elections of Goribar and Rovalo; conference with local leaders; recommendation for Mariano Ruiz, Administrador de Taxco; Salvador Sedillo.
Resignation of office; Ibarra; report on rebels sent to the Juez de Tlalnepantla; Franco; theft in San Joaquín; Xochimilco; Alcalde Valencia suspended; Noriega; Cuapa.
Conclusion of Sierra Gorda rebellion; Indian rebellion in Yucatán; need for troops; José Miguel Arroyo charged with recruiting.
Efforts to maintain peace at Yautepec; Pérez Palacios; request for conference.
Trip from Mexico; rebel center at Cerro del Caracol; influence of Antonio Barba; Juzgado de Letras; criminal cases; meeting with General Ángel Pérez Palacios, Andrés Montes de Oca, and Joaquín Sánchez Munibe in Cuernavaca.
Illness of Juan Rossell, Recaudador de rentas de Ixtlahuaca; request for transfer to Tlalpam of Cuautitlán.
Request for protection of convoy to Toluca; taxes at Ixtlahuaca; plan for paying off State debt.
Reports in the
Transmittal of letter from Álvarez; publication of acts of the legislature; Terreros; Escudero.
Transfer of military supplies via Joaquín Escamilla; error in accounts of Administrador de Ixtlahuaca; Miguel Quevedo.
Delay in payment for government service; request for intervention in payments.
March from Sultepec to guard roads from Las Cruces to Sierra Gorda; bandits pursued by Captain Francisco León; crowded jails; Calderón; need for increased garrison and supplies; suit of Zamudio.
Receipt of papers on establishment of Guerrero State and his appointment as provisional governor; portrait of Guerrero.
Civil disorder in Zacatecas October 1; maintenance of federal institutions.
Request for leave of absence; request for back pay for Lic. Osorno.
Request for interview; church construction; building of bridge and road to Puebla; application for place on college staff.
Care of crops and cattle; El Moral; tax payments; Don Bartolo; corn and wheat crops; Luis; Cadena; Julián.
Prize given son Gregorio by Sánchez Solís, Director del Colegio; business affairs with Ignacio Cumplido and Flores y Vargas.
School administration; delay in formal opening of the church; Fonseca; dedication of
Appointment to Administración de Chalco declined; poverty of Chalco; preference for Toluca or Cuernavaca.
Receipt of copy of the
Insecurity of mails; letters to Prieto; death of Pancho; widespread cholera at Hacienda de Salinas.
Protest against efforts of the Chamber of Deputies to confiscate part of the sums loaned to the State.
Letter to G. Torres; recommendation that replacement for Legusa in Pachuca be a
Recommendation for Remigio Montañés; participation in the 6 de diciembre movement; persecution by D. Antonio in Querétaro; service in the departmental assembly; imprisonment by Santa Anna; recommendation by Lic. Ángulo; library; training as doctor of medicine.
Business with Echeverría; Vicente; Carlos.
Delay in opening of the library and the
Appointment of Luis Valdós as Administrador de Yautepec; preference for Tetecala.
Inaccessibility of public records; Rebollar; delay in criminal cases; funds needed for archives in Texcoco and Tlalnepantla; request for copies of decrees; Noriega.
Request for aid in moving suit from the Distrito de México; transfer of papers by Lic. Manuel Tejada to the Juez de Temascaltepec and to Lic. Inclán.
Prevalence of peaceful conditions; search of mountains by troops from Temascaltepec; Alas; repayment of loan to León by Real de Minería for campaign against Villalba.
Recommendation for Lic. Pablo Rivera for appointment as Juez de Letras de Tula, replacing Antonio Mendívil, elected deputy to the Congress; Ministro Jiménez.
Recommendation for Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Güitian, son of Alejandro Álvarez de Güitian, for position as Administrador de rentas.
Payment of debt; departure of his uncle Lorenzo for Europe; Carrera.
Inspection of
Urgent need for recruits for military expedition to Yucatán.
Employment as secretary to Benito Quijano; Dolores.
Recommendation for José M. del Mazo for position as
Protest against decree of the new governor (Álvarez) suppressing the Juzgado de Letras and placing the officials under the
Offer of employment accepted; recommendation for José Seb[]n Segura and José María Cocio of Apan.
Pursuit of bandits and dissidents; military strength; Rivera. Addressed to Hospicio de San Nicolás, Mexico. Letters on seal: A.C.M.
Transmittal of letter from Álvarez; activity of Santanistas.
Request for return of legal papers required by the President of the Tribunal Supremo Manuel Álvires from the Tribunal de Minería de Temascaltepec; legal status of case during American occupation.
Congratulations on election as governor.
Barley harvest; sale of corn; delivery to Bartolo and Garnica; El Moral; Garrido; Luis; Julián; Cadena.
End of the Villalba uprising; troops at Sultepec; Granados; Iguala; Teloloapan; portrait of Guerrero; request for copy of regulation on appointment of Senators for the new state; Pinzón; Cantú; Haro; request for
Request for order to the Subprefecto de Tenancingo for return of weapons borrowed from Colonel Francisco Suárez.
Local opposition to increase in tax by merchants; Olmedo; Sabino Sánchez; plan for building marlet; sketch by Hidalgo or other architect; local disturbance in Mazatepec, Cuernavaca District; uncollected taxes of Centralist government.
Transmittal of papers from Padre Alcocer and Cura de Tenancingo Epigmenio de la Piedra; Lic. Solórzano.
Conference between Rovalo and the Juez de Letras de Yautepec; charges brought by Mateo de la Tijera against Jesús Navarro; efforts of Goribar and Rovalo to establish peace; irregularities in municipal funds; need for better organization of Seguridad Pública forces.
Recommendation for Colonel Pedro Domínguez Esquivel.
Request for payment to Lailson(?) from
Efforts to find skilled laborers; Indian labor for
Efforts to maintain high level of competence among members of the Ayuntamiento.
Efforts to obtain qualified members for the Ayuntamiento; formation of
Receipt of congratulations on his appointment as
Recommendation for Montero; Orozco; Bustamente; justification of attitudes toward Morelos, Rayón, and other leaders of the independence movement in his
Order of Comandancia General for transfer of Prudencio Mesquia; inconvenience of his leaving; appeal to Cumplido; request for intervention with the Ministro de la Guerra; troops raised by local landowners; Madrid; Escudero.
Request for recommendation to Riva Palacio for special consideration to his sister Octaviana in application for widow's pension; payment from Montepío; transfer to Military list.
Money collected from José Maza to be sent to Prudencio Catalán in Tixtla; appeal for half-pay under law providing for State employees who wish to remain with the State of Mexico; request for back pay; transfer of archives to successor.
Improvement in health; Escudero; Solís.
Recommendation for José Mariano Zavala for new office as recaudador de Morelos.
Case against Mariano Ayllón for loss of his daughter; Filisola; court expenses.
Charges against Tiburcio Torres for loss of municipal funds in Yautepec; Mateo Tijera; Jesús Navarro; Toluca; Zea.
Preparation of report for the Junta general; request for information to be included.
Recommendations sent by Mitra de Puebla; vacancies in the Departamento de Tlapa; request for copy of laws of the State of Mexico; transmittal of letter to Ignacio Altamirano; congratulations and praises received in honor of the new state.
Request for clemency for Juan Vicario, mistakenly taken for robber.
Recommendation for Vicente Violante for appointment as Administrador de Yahualica; his services as Tesorero municipal del Ayuntamiento, Alcalde constitucional, Subprefecto; service with General Garay against Americans at Río del Calabozo, in the Guerra de castas, and against Pedro Hernández. Appointment of José Solares.
Resignation of José María Caballero; appointment of Ventura Zamora and Comandante del Resguardo del Oeste; administration of Arizcorreta.
Recommendation for José Alanís as Administrador de contribuciones de Yautepec or Jonacatepec.
Request for employment for his son; services to Espinosa; summary of education.
Recommendation for Dionisio Jiménez of Texcoco.
Actos de San Gregorio; gift of soap to Sra. Riva Palacio; Puebla.
Armed robbery at Monte de Cuatepeque; identification of robbers in Ameca and San Nicolás de los Ranchos; capture of Bernabé Pérez. Barrueta, Crescencio Pérez, Pepe Ribera son of Colonel Ribera, Andrés from Juchi, Secundino Zoto, Córdoba, Marino Benito Terrazas, Pepillo Rojas; escape to Cholula, Puebla, Sangualica, Chalco, mojón of Alejo; Gervasio; request for aid.
Assumption of office as judge; efforts to gain confidence of Calderón; opposition of Campusano.
Differences with Jesús Navarro; conferences with Rovalo; transmittal of letter from Lacunza; Eleuterio Méndez.
Conference recommended with Mateo de la Tijera for settlement of disturbance at Yautepec.
Recommendation for Lic. Agustín Leiva as judge in Tetecala; services in Juzgado de Chilapa.
Efforts to find suitable candidates for the Ayuntamientos; appointments from outside recommended.
Disturbance in Yautepec caused by suit of Tiburcio Torres; Síndico Marciano López Moctezuma; trouble in the cabildo caused by Abascal and Barba; aid from Cuernavaca, Tetecala, and Juchitepec.
Recommendation for Cura Salvador Suárez; petition of Ayuntamiento de Tejupilco for return of
Investigation of conditions in Sultepec; anonymous letter sent to Calderón; interview with Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Zea y González; Pedro López Acevedo,
Abolition of Juzgado de Letras in Taxco; request for appointment to office in Juzgado de Cuautitlán or the Prefectura de Temascaltepec; Gavilán.
Acceptance of appointment.
Controversy between Tijera and Jesús Navarro; Sesto Baleao(?); Antonio Barba; Torres.
Controversy between Jesús Navarro and Mateo de la Tijera; government investigators of disturbances; Joaquín Sánchez Munibe; irregularity in municipal funds.
Local disturbance; need for troops; cost of paper. From Subprefecto de Yautepec.
Recommendation for Mariano Reza for transfer from Recaudación de Tianguistengo to that of Tenango; Ana; Bernarda.
Recommendation for José María Garduño for place in Administración de Tenango, separation from Recaudación de Santiago because of family illness; José Manuel (?).
Reduction of dividends because of extra expenses; certificate prepared for Lic. Hilario Elguero.
Request for payment of pension from the Montepío; shortage of state funds; substitution of Madrid as Governor during absence of Riva Palacio.
Transmittal of official papers from Juzgado de Actopan to Toluca.
Account of repairs made in museum; Sánchez Solís; Flores; Lozano; Barajas; Indian labor; payment by Gondra; sale of furniture.
Efforts of Br. Francisco Bullon, cura de San José Malacatepec to establish a school and an academy of music.
Departure of Riva Palacio and Terreros for Mexico; sudden illness; Dr. Licea; receipt of partial pay; Escudero; Lailson; Madrid.
Recommendation for Tomás Islas for appointment to the Juzgado de Pachuca.
Request for re-evaluation of property for tax purposes for Vicente Fernández; Administrador de Tlalpam; Partido de Coyoacán.
Report of robbery on road to San Juan Ystallopa (?), near Ameca; Hacienda de Cuatepec; Jonacate; Cuernavaca.
Recommendation for José Alanis for the Administración de Jonacatepec or Yautepec; interest of Gutiérrez in Alanis; leave of absence from Juzgado to attend sessions of Congress.
Recommendation for Andrés Arcipreste of Cua[u]titlán for post in Administración de peajes.
Request for appointment to vacant post; service of José Jiménez de Velasco in Toluca; Sánchez Solís; boxing of books in the Ateneo and museum; transportation requirements.
Interviews with Luis Rovalo for purpose of ending lawsuit with Mateo de la Tijera; absence of Goribar; Yautepec.
Prizes given at San Ildefonso, attended by Solís.
Appointment of Lic. Portilla as judge; Campero; letter from Oliveros, Comandante de la Comisión de Cuautla, on robberies; Pérez Palacios; efforts to settle suit between Jesús Navarro and Tijera; letter of Munibe on conditions in Yautepec; Goribar; Don Ángel.
Recommendation for Jesús Navarro and request for decision in his favor in suit with Tijera.
Recommendation for Velasco; resignation of Ortega, Administrador de Zumpango; recommendation for José María Santillán; illness of Lupe; Escudero; Romero; Escribano Cueva.
Return of Cayetano from aiding Riva Palacio's return to Toluca; harvest of barley and corn; delivery of corn to Garnica, Bartolo, and Velázquez; El Moral; Indios de Temamatla; Luis; Cadena; Julián.
Meeting with Rovalo, Lic. Piedra, Navarro, and Lic. Manuel Cordero to settle lawsuit; Lic. Miguel Atristain; Ramón de la Cueva; Cura Gabriel Balderrama; Subprefecto Andrés Montes de Oca; Joaquín Sánchez Munibe.
Complaint against public accounts in Taxco; inequities in payments; request for loan to help move to position in Juzgado de Teloloapan; recommendation needed for Álvarez.
Request for explanation of delay in sending the 200 recruits for military forces.
Resignations of Valdós and Ruiz; Villar; Don Ángel; proposed trip of governor to Cuernavaca.
Difference with Espejo over state ownership of the 127-volume set of Buffon's works; removal of books from medical school; Durán.
Organization of
Proposal for construction of roads to the interior, to the capital, and to Morelia.
Orders for Quijano and Mesquia to remain in Toluca; González Ángulo to return to Tlalnepantla.
Return to Mexico; visit to José María Harta (Hazta); Mañón.
Thanks for past services; opposition by all parties; preference for retired life.
Dispatch of troops to State of Guerrero; toll roads at Cuernavaca.
Appointment of cousin Francisco Güitian as Administrador de Tetecala; objections to the salary and climate; possibility of abolition of the office; request for change of location.
Request for appointment to office as Prefecto; services during recent war; friendship with Ministro Jiménez.
Request for clemency toward youth captured with rebels at Monte de las Cruces in September; Judge Tejada.
Request for suggestions concerning proposed re-burial of General Guerrero in Santa Paula; request initiated by General Álvarez to Ministerio de Relaciones; report in the
Report of successful result of legal examination before the Supreme Court.
Request that position as judge of Cuautla be held open for him; fear for results of imminent elections.
Request for appointment to local
Transmittal of application and letter of recommendation from Álvarez.
Recovery from illness; transmittal of glasses.
Recommendation for Ignacio Oliveros, Jefe de la fuerza de Seguridad Pública de Morelos.
Controversy over removal of Buffon's works; Gondra; medical school; Tlalnepantla; resignation of the Ayuntamiento; activities of monarchists.
Recommendation for Jesús Bobadilla of Chilapa for work as
Explanation of controversy between Mateo de la Tijera and Jesús Navarro; Ayuntamiento elections nullified by the Sub-prefect; Joaquín Sánchez Munibe discharged from Treasury post; proposed trip of Governor in area.
Controversy between his brother Domingo Rivas and Antonio Herrera over appointment.
Receipt of $210 from José Elguero and José María Garrido for heirs of Juan Felipe de Alba; Ana María de Alba; Peaje del camino de Perote a Veracruz.
$322 received from Lic. José Hilario Elguero and José María Garrido for Ana María de Alba; Perote-Veracruz road; Juana de Iriarte; Joaquín de los Cobos de Heaven.
Introduction for Ignacio Oliveros; Ignacio Cortina; Juan Goribar; pursuit of robbers.
Transmittal of documents concerning controversy of Mazatepec with Miacatlán over boundaries.
Refusal of José María (?) to resign; opposition of Perdigón, E. Romera, Báez to Ayuntamiento elections; results in
Efforts by [Luis] Rovalo and Goribar to mediate in controversy between Mateo Tijera and Jesús Navarro; Hacienda de Apizaco; Luis Pérez Palacios; purchases by José Carrillo; public opinion in Yautepec; appeal to the Superior Tribunal del Estado; José María Flores; Prefecto Alejandro Villaseñor. Includes summary of provisions of sale of the hacienda; sugar cane mill.
Recommendation for Barrena;
Harvest of barley at Sacatlale; deliveries to Bartolo and Velázquez; sale of
Request for aid to Lieutenant Juan Meza, 2nd Battalion de Linea in efforts to recapture deserters near Toluca; need for more recruits.
Request for action on pending application; violence accompanying Ayuntamiento elections blamed on Conservatives; campaign by Lucas [Alamán] through the press; concern for new congressional elections.
Danger of his being discharged over mix-up in Ministerio de la Guerra concerning the Comisaría; request for letter to Arista and Jiménez to help retain his employment.
Inability to attend Junta; illness; stagecoach schedules via Pachuca and Mexico; advice on re-organization of the tax structure; Campero's different ideas.
Rumors that the
Assumption of office as governor December 1; plans for short tenure in office.
Request for appointment for his son; account of his ill health.
Nullified elections in Yautepec; organization of
Request for special consideration for two nieces, applicants for widows' pensions.
Delivery of books awarded the government; retention of Buffon's works for medical school; commission sent by Governor Olaguíbel.
Preparations for removal of books belonging to government; Aguilar; Barajas; Lozano.
Request for letter of recommendation for Secretario de Hacienda Elorriaga and for Lacunza; need for more government employees.
Request for action on levy of recruits for the expedition to Yucatán.
Illness of Lic. Alas; delay in travel.
Result of elections; Salomé; Joaquinita; Mier; Haro.
Resignations of Mariano Ruiz and Luis Valdós; new position in Tetecala recommended instead of Yahutepec (Yautepec?).
Recommendation for Lino Montiel of Totolapa; pursuit by Oliveros.
Enrique Velasco recommended by Juliana Azcárate de Pedraza for entrance to Colegio de San Gregorio; disturbances in capital caused by government; nickname
Removal of books; list sent with Juan López; Cumplido's plans for visit to Mariano Otero.
Arrival of Captain Oliveros y Gutiérrez with force of Seguridad pública; plan to attend Junta frustrated.
Report on financial transactions among haciendas; affairs of Manuel González reported to Pérez Fernández via Secretaría de Justicia; loss of González' will; Hacienda owned by Sabiñones; collections from Haciendas de San José del Márquez and Xind[h]ó; debt of Agustín Chávez Nava; ill health at Zacualtipán.
Recommendation for Alejo Sotomayor; organization of
Recommendation for Joaquín Polanco.
Receipt of books.
Petition of Mariano Ramírez and David Castellanos for remedy of ills caused in Miacatlán by change of status; developments in Coatetelco and Juzgado de Letras de Tetecala. Address: Iturbide.
Departure for Zacualpam; rumors of difficulties expected in Partido de Tenancingo; Guardia Nacional stationed in Zacualpam; aid of León.
Recommendation for Joaquín Polanco.
Protest against plan for allowing prohibited games in Texcoco during 15-day fair; poverty of the district. Originally signed: José Cruz Valbazar, Antonio Varela, José María Cerrana, Mugl [Miguel?] Uribe, José Guadalupe Figueroa, José Ángel G[u]erra, Miguel Barba, Antonio Herrera, Miguel Encizo, José María Fuentes, Mariano Abelcira, Miguel Mancilla, Antonio Vastida, Pedro Anaya, Ignacio Egilar, José María Carrillo, Francisco Beres Ribas.
Seven articles covering appointment of a commission, responsibility of the Comandante del Partido and of the Alcaldes constitucionales, identification of members of the commissions, responsibility of the Prefectos; headquarters to be placed in Cuernavaca.
Difficulties caused by change in status of the town; removal of archives by Mateos of Miacatlán; local approval of Governor Riva Palacio and the erection of the new state; Doña Faustina; Diego; Encarnación; death of uncle Juan José Nava.
Division of state debt; delivery of portrait of Guerrero by Haro; reburial; receipt of guns.
Recommendation for Antonio Sein for Prefectura de Tula; request for files on Escribano Cueva and Anzorena; Escudero; Romero.
Report of illness; business plans of Pepe; education at San Ángel; illness of Lola with eye infection.
Order for payment of $300 to Domingo Revilla. With receipt by Revilla, endorsement by Cajiga. Addressed to Calle de Santa Catarina, Panadería.
Transmittal of message sent to owners of farms of the partido on organization of
Robbery of stagecoach to Puebla; assumption of duties as prefect October 18; parlous state of the Seguridad Pública; efforts to improve the force; patrols on Río Frío road; discharge of Blancs(?); Zurutuza; suspension of Alcalde de Ecatepec by Subprefecto de Teotihuacán for abuse of office; decision reversed by the Superior Tribunal; resignation of García; distinction between Church property and public lands balonging to the Ayuntamientos; criticism of judges of Chalco and Teotihuacán for release of known criminals; Junta de Hacendados and organization of the
Election results; Ignacio Carrillo of Miacatlán to be alcalde; transmittal of list from Villaverde.
Plans to move family to Tixtla; request for identification of Juzgado to which he is to go.
Petition of citizens of San Luis Tlazaltemalco(?) to sell olives and purchase public lands.
Assumption of office as Ministro de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiásticos; request for personal correspondence and advice and suggestions on governmental problems.
Recommendation for Francisco María Garnica as Ensayador; election to Congress.
Warning against plots of Zamudio; León; Calderón; relations with Francisca Santa Anna,
Ayuntamiento elections; criticism of Estrada and Mackintosh; co-operation of Santanistas, monarquistas, and puros; reliance on states to maintain federalism; visit of Agustín Noriega to San Ángel; Junta de propietarios and provision of armed force under Pedro Pasalagua; Ixtlahuaca; Meraes(?).
Hope for successful program; Juan; Flores.
Controversy over change of status of Mazatepec; request for aid from national government; request for advice.
Recommendation for José María Silva, of the Hacienda de Cocoyotla; efforts of his enemies to ruin him.
Recommendation for return of Juan Meras to his position as Administrador de los peajes de Tierradentro.
Resignation of prefectura to move sick daughter to capital for medical treatment; request for back pay.
Plan to dismiss Blancs; travel to Teotihuacán; Junta de Hacendados in Chalco; payment to Cruz; J. Guevara.
Adjustment of account for payment to
Departure for Veracruz; offer of hospitality at Cuautla; Goribar; Isidro Jiménez.
Complaint over failure to receive an appointment; appointment of Ruiz to Yautepec instead of Tulancingo or Tetecala.
Request for financial help; account of illness; need for money to go to Tulancingo to visit daughter in house of Miyan; past services on Hacienda de la Compañía.
Order to appear in court in litigation over the Mina de la Luz declined for personal reasons.
Request for back pay and appointment in State of Mexico; Méndez.
Transmittal of sample of new publication: [Mier y] Terán's [Diario de] viaje [de la Comisión de límites]...; subscriptions solicited.
Efforts to organize the
Transmittal of thanks of Mariano Dosamantes for appointment of his nephew Manuel Villamil y Dosamantes as Administrador de Rentas de Cuautitlán.
Accusation of malfeasance against Prefecto Villaseñor and Juez Letrado García Caballero; comparison with San Vicente and Chiconguaque; purchase of bonds by Anacleto Polidures; Silva; Cocupotla (?); Arellano; Arizcorreta; pro-Santa Anna activities; absence of newspapers; complaint against Subprefecto of Tetecala; José María Silva; plot between Frías, Lic. Arechabala, and Caballero to gain legal control of property of deceased Belaunzarán.
Request for $77 for payment on house and $100 for a portrait; Bega.
Meeting of Congress with 46 deputies; request for letter concerning Anzorena.
Efforts to establish a school on hacienda near town; problems with the Ayuntamiento de Almoloya; use of personal contributions.
Recommendation for Agustín Quintero; services as Administrador del Peaje de Cuautitlán; removal by Olaguíbel; request for pay authorized by Felipe Miranda.
Offer by Haro to give $3,000 to the Institute; conditions requiring wills of Ozta, Marañón, and Magos; Echeverría; Peña; need for funds to operate school. Addressed to Cuernavaca.
Advantages of the governor's trip through the state; divisive elements in the capital; Toluca; Payno.
Letters for Salomé; Joaquinita; Barajas; Fenoticio; Juanito Amat; Comadre
Mejía. Includes also note addressed to
Request for acceptance of his resignation; meeting of Congress set for the 12th; illness of Lupe; Escudero; Pedraza.
Request for Riva Palacio to use his influence on Juan Álvarez to have Antonito Haro appointed Deputy from the State of Guerrero despite his being Santanista.
Congratulations on election as governor; mission of a Franciscan brother; Zedillo.
Reply to request involving information from the Reales órdenes.
Request for letters of recommendation for Joaquín Escalante for establishment of new department of Grammar at San Gregorio.
Thanks for appointment to office; Cristóbal Martínez de Castro.
Recommendation for Felipe Montero for office as Colector de contribuciones en Tepeji; objection to cold climate; invitation to visit him at Atlacomulco; administrador Tomás de San Martín. Sent to Morelos, Cuautla.
Cumplido's plans to publish an album containing a lithograph of Rodríguez [Puebla], with the Corona fúnebre; request by Sabino Flores for
Increase in size of forces of Ignacio Oliveros; Lieutenant Francisco Saldívar sent to Miacatlán or Tetecala to increase governor's escort; lodging arrangements.
Request for date of beginning of leave of absence for his son.
Recommendation for Manuel Fermín de Arenzana as Administrador de rentas de Sultepec.
Request for recommendation on inscription to be added to the portrait of Guerrero; two suggestions; travel via Iguala; Doloritas.
Introduction for cousin Juan Fernández Renedo (?), appointed Alcalde primero of Toluca, forced to resign for personal reasons.
Danger to public order as result of Ayuntamiento elections at Zacualpam; Calderón sent for interview; Tenancingo.
Report on income from Texcoco sent by Herrera; Yáñez; income from Tobacco sales in Toluca; report of Blancs on tax income.
Welcome to the city.
Meeting suggested at La Venta de la negra on the state boundary; need for settlement of land dispute at the Hacienda de San Gabriel, Subprefectura de Tetecala; Vieyra; Haro; Cantú.
Arrival of Riva Palacio at Tetecala near San Gabriel; control of markets on Sundays; peddling of fresh vegetables; collection of tax by Tetecala and the Alcalde de Puente de Ixtla; Hacienda de San José.
Acceptance of meeting in Toluca.
Transmittal of letter to the Ministro de Hacienda; answer by Huici denying existence in the Ministerio of the Reales órdenes requested.
Refusal of service requested for Mariano Martínez; illness of Villegas; transmittal of letter from Mixquiahuala.
Recommendation for favorable consideration for Lic. Epigmenio Arechavala in lawsuit before state court; examinations in Theology at San Gregorio.
Recommendation for Luis Robles as replacement; transmittal of letter for Escudero; Antonio Sein; Cuernavaca; construction of penitentiary.
Meeting with Prefecto de Texcoco at Chalco; formation of rurales; disposition of prisoners; care of troops.
Plans to attend meeting of State legislature in January.
Account of illness; criticism of activities of Colonel Ortega during office as recaudador, District of Coyoacán.
Support of expedition against pronunciamiento of Faustino Villalba in Cocula by funds borrowed from treasury of Sultepec; support of Juan Álvarez; urgency of settling back pay of the soldiers; unrest in Amatepec fomented by Cea and González; travel to Toluca for meeting with the governor.
Protest against higher tax on his store than on the others; injustice blamed on Recaudador Domingo Ribas and Alcalde José Castro.
Thanks for appointment of friend as Administrador de rentas de Tenancingo; governor's travel to Cuernavaca; request for military recruits for expedition to Yucatán; uniforms for the recruits; shipment to Veracruz.
Appointment to meet Riva Palacio at San Gabriel.
Promise to attend to unnamed problem before the Contaduría on his return to Toluca.
The first verses are dated November 29, 1849. Titles:
Return from Cuamatla; Arriola; Cuevas; business difficulties.
Loss of letter to Tomás de San Martín of Hacienda de Atlacomulco; offer of hospitality at Capetal.
Letter from Tenancingo; departure for the hacienda; Salomé; Barajas; Pepe; Joaquinita; Mascareñas; Dominga; dental work; Vicente; Carlos.
Mail from Josefa Basterra in Cádiz received by Guadalupe Iriarte; letters by Francisco Tenorio; request for address of Cosío; account of illness in family.
Offer to sell rifles made in Springfield and Harper's Ferry for the Guardia nacional; delivery in Veracruz; maintenance supplies; taxes at Veracruz.
Insistance on resignation; meeting of Congress on the 12th; illness of Lupe; Escudero; Pedraza. Cf. No. 3607.
Arrangements for honoring Rodríguez Puebla; Cumplido's prospectus; eye infection; Pedro Escudero; Elorriaga; Don Pedro; political test of strength in the Juntas preparatorias; delivery of rebozos; travel with Yáñez to Veracruz; request for information about a French governess.
Transmittal of letter from Esteban León (No. 3633); request for temporary adjustment. Includes draft of answer, Hacienda de la Asunción, January 7, 1850, covering complaint of Esteban León and disposition of Calderón; counterproposal for obtaining rifles from the Cuerpo de Inválidos instead of from Iturbide; return to Toluca from Cuernavaca and the trip through the state.
Strength of Monarchist party in the Chamber of Deputies; need for regular attendance of republican deputies; Escudero and Banuet urged to attend.
Recommendation for reinstatement of Manuel Arenzana in position from which Arizcorreta removed him.
Receipt of notice of Special session of legislature on the 12; account of ill health.
Improved public attitude toward the decree of October 15; recommendations for functioning of the hacienda's armed guards; special problems of the district.
Arrangements for new school year; wills handled by Haro; Ramón Martínez de Castro; requirements of the Botany department; popularity of fair at San Juan de los Lagos.
Complaint over lack of facilities for teaching botany; funds needed for school.
Transmittal of another communication; special trip from Mexico to meet the Governor.
Request for return to military service; time in hospital; Hacienda de Dolores; San Antonio Juisluca (?); Victoria Sindoya (?).
Provisions of the Ministerio de Hacienda for assaying silver; request for new stamp; payment to Gobino Sánchez; Administración de Tula y Tulancingo; Rivero; Escudero. Includes extract of a letter on order of the Ministerio de Hacienda on collection of three percent tax on silver. Addressed to Cuernavaca; Portilla.
Introduction to Felipe Omaña with a petition from Mixquiahuala, District of Tula.
Unrest caused by Ayuntamiento elections in Mexico; activity of partisans of Cura Villaseñor in Almoloyita; Romero; transmittal of glasses from Sánchez Solís; apprehension of robbers; dissatisfaction with other government officials; Pedro; Lic. Zamora.
Need for taking duties as deputy seriously.
Transmittal of communication for the Secretario de Relaciones del Estado; Governor's trip through the southern part of the state. Includes draft of answer; Hacienda de la Asunción, January 7, 1850, on return from Tierra Caliente; pursuit of contraband; contraband trade in tobacco blamed on scarcity and poor quality of legal product.
Purchase of new rifles for the Army from Iturbide; need for standardized weapons for the Guardia nacional.
Transmittal of mattress and hats of Riva Palacio's sons, mistakenly left behind; transportation to Yautepec.
Transfer of several prisoners accused of participating in rebellion at Tetecala against Hacienda de la Cañada, by Captain Manuel Arellano of the Guardia nacional; sent for trial in Toluca; blame cast on Jesús Villalva, son of Faustino Villalva; clemency recommended for Silverio Mendiola, Gabriel Cortés, Cayetano Gálvez, Desiderio Lara, Dolores Romero, and Ignacio Albioz, of the Ex-Batallón de Libres.
Promise to attend meetings of State Congress; interview of Riva Palacio and Álvarez at San Gabriel.
Efforts to import bananas from Costa Rica to Cuernavaca and Toluca.
Transmittal of act of Ayuntamiento for approval; package of documents from Secretaría de Hacienda forwarded; request for delay in submitting budget; shortage of stamped paper.
Appointment of brother Manuel [Pizarro] Administrador de contribuciones in Tetecala.
Acknowledgement of notice of increased tax on metals; plans for sending $100,000 in convoy; request for escort and for assayer to come to the mine to work. Includes