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 9: 1855-1856 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
Advance of Juan Llorente from Ozuluama and Tantoyuca; advance of General Uraga from Tenexcalco; arming of the Guardia Nacional; need for reinforcements with mountain artillery; Zacualtipán; Tuxpan to be occupied by the Governor of Veracruz; meeting in Tampas (?); danger of defeat; request for intervention with the government.
Indecision in the capital; Pacheco; Josefina; Lupe. Addressed to Texcoco.
Felicitations on approval of the Suprema Tribunal de Justicia and admittance to the bar.
Review of suit of Simón Rocha of Atzcapotzalco against Néstor Gundiño over boundaries and sale of land to Sotero Rocha; Juzgado de Tlalnepantla; Casimiro Guerra; Miguel Fuentes; Victorio Paredes; Andrés Soriano; Román Sánchez; Ceferino Cambrón; will of Juan Pablo Cambrón in 1768; Escribano José Condaco Casares; land claimed as repartimiento; Cortes de España Decree of June 23, 1813 and decree of Santa Anna May 25, 1853; Tlacpac; San Gerónimo; Law of December 16, 1853.
Congratulations on acceptance into the Colegio de abogados.
Printed form, signed Reyes and Solórzano, addressed to Ceferino Barajas; tax due at 13 Calle de Montealegre.
Complaint of neighbors over water supply in local river.
Delivery of letter by Antón Schurz; son Henry sent to study in Weissenburg; Religion; English; delay in Strassburg.
Notice of new management and offer of services. Lithographed form.
Meeting arranged with Rodríguez. Addressed to Hacienda de la Asunción.
Account of his confinement; visit to the hacienda with the Subprefecto; Ameca; arrangements with Guillermo Bener for opening wells and piping water over the hacienda; costs; movement of machinery; Carlos; Chalco; delivery of mail via Cruz and Trejo; Lozano; Vicente.
Meeting with Santa Anna; permission to come to Mexico granted. Has note by Bernarda urging reconciliation.
Agreement for opening artesian wells on Hacienda de la Asunción; storage tank; system of pipes; supply of brick; payment arrangements; witnesses Cosme Mier, Rafael Zúñiga, Melchor Monroy.
Departure for Europe on advice of Profesor de medicina Luis Muñoz for improvement of stomach ailment; English packet boat; address in Paris, care of Eulalio.
Printed bill, No. 2382, for delinquent taxes, addressed to Ceferino Barajas; signed Reyes and Solórzano; Calle de Montealegre.
Towns divided into three sections: 1. Amecameca, Ayapango, Palacán (Pahuatlán?), Mihuacán, San Antonio, Zentlalpan; 2. Soyatzingo, Ozumba; 3. Tenango, Xuchitepec. Collection of workers from the padrones; payment for substitutes; killing of locusts; arrangement for working in smaller groups.
Death of Becerra; Calle de Esparteros, No. 1; growth of revolution; newspaper articles; confusion in the local Asamblea constituyente; Dr. Zárate; Juan Pacheco; Guadalupe Bros. Postmarked Paris, forwarded by García Sancho, April 28, 1855; England; West India by R. M. Steamer; Veracruz.
Meeting with the comisario and citizens of Ameca; absence of the priest, ill in Texcoco. Addressed to Calle de Montealegre No. 13.
Efforts to destroy the locust swarms. Includes draft of letter by Riva Palacio in appreciation of the efforts made.
Arraignment of suspects for trial by the courts.
Thefts from house of Sebastián Tlatelpo and María Hilaria; order for arrest of
Defense of his policy on combating locusts; Velázquez, Arsacó.
Transfer of funds via Guanajuato; Cond[]o Guerra; Fernández Somellera; Tampico; large inventory of goods; meeting of rebels in La Barca rumored; danger to commerce; José Miguel.
News received from Vicente; concern for welfare of Riva Palacio; Pilar.
Inability to gather committee to deal with water problem in Tlalmanalco; Aguirre in Mexico; absence of Maya; illness of Galicia; Mariano Juárez at Santa Cruz; Chalco.
Incomplete; beginning missing; suit between haciendas in 1732 by Captain Juan de Vera on behalf of Hacienda de Buenavista; decision of Real Audiencia in 1745; Archicofradía; lands given Asunción in 1632; Luis Naranjo of Hacienda Axalco; water from Sierra Nevada; tax to Real Hacienda; cédula obtained in 1753 by Antonio Cataño from Revillagigedo; water course surveyed in 1770 by Felipe Zúñiga y Ontiveros; Río Temamatla; Molinos de Tomacoco and Ayapango; Puebla, Ameca. Report submitted for a decision.
Lists of ships in harbor; English frigate
Request for permission from the Archbishop for marriage of José Ponciano with María Sivila, both natives of San Pablo Tecalco; Guadalupita; Doroteo; Trinidad.
Transmittal of order of the Prefecto and Comandante principal, Distrito de Texcoco de Santa Anna, repeating order of the Governor, Circular No. 407; order for organization of
Settlement of old misunderstanding; supply of men for public work.
Division of water supply with Ameca; Rodríguez; Bonilla, Administrador de Correos de Chalco. Includes draft of answer, Mexico, July 4: Cruz; Rodríguez; desire to end the suit; new water system in Hacienda de Panoaya, Pueblo de Ameca.
Death of Luciana Hurtado de Mendoza, his mother.
Dispute over water with Ameca; beginning of the Intendente municipal system, with Prefecto Aguirre; Rodríguez.
Invitation to the dogmatic declaration of the Immaculate Conception; Agustín Palacios; Presentado Fr. Paulino Robles; Fr. Manuel Valadez; Obispo de Tenagra, Orden de Guadalupe; Joaquín Fernández Madrid.
Receipt of $15 from Juan de Dios Valdós, cura interino of Temamatla.
Opposition to Santa Anna; Plan de Ayutla accepted by Ignacio Arciniega; Mineral del Monte; support of the priest; Mariano López; Vicente Rangel. Signatories: Ignacio Montaño, Comisario Municipal, Jesús G. de Arellano, Juez de Paz, Remigio Vergara, Nicolás Escorza, Ignacio C. de Castelazo, Ramón de Borbolla, Fiel de Rentas, Justiniano Borbolla, Vicente Ferrer Rangel, Camilo Montano, Francisco Pichardo, José María Esquivel, Pedro Sánchez, Eugenio Escorza. Estanislao Castelazo, Luis Escorza, Vicente Borbolla, Joaquín Cárdenas, José Miguel González, José María Islas, Ignacio Borbolla, Nicolás Borbolla, Francisco Ramírez, Luis González, José María Labastida, Agustín Vergara, Manuel González, Anastasio González, José María Téllez, José María González, Vicente Melo, Pedro Licona, Juan Carrillo, Ignacio Chiapa, Manuel Antonio Tello, Vicente Ortiz, and José Hurtado.
Appointment under the plan of August 13; instruction to meet in Palacio Nacional August 14. Riva Palacio is addressed as “Representante por el estado de Guerrero.”
Mission of agent of the new government to discuss its policy; favorable response recommended.
Arsacó, the Prefecto, and the Texcoco garrison pronounced for the Plan de Ayutla.
Delay in election of governor of Puebla pending receipt of letter; Furlong.
Meeting in congress of 1848; probable election of Luis de la Rosa or Francisco Ibarra; General Mendoza's plan to recreate the distinction between
Request for use of influence in suit of Lic. Páez against him; Lic. Torre; Comandante general de Toluca; local pronunciamiento.
Riva Palacio's support of plan of August 13 in Mexico, accepted by Zacatecas and Territorio de Sierra Gorda; delivery of letter by General Parrodi; suggestions for modifying the
Answer to the above. Difficulties of the transition period; Carrera; Vega; Parrodi; new leader recognized in San Luis; plan for meeting of generals in Dolores; establishment of government in Veracruz, Puebla, Guanajuato, and Michoacán; Article 4 of the Plan de San Luis; Haro urged to attend meeting and to bring Vidaurri, Comonfort, and Degollado; convocation of future Congreso constituyente; plans for elections.
End of Santa Anna's government by Plan de Ayutla; replacement of old officials by Remigio Vergara, Nicolás Escorza; trasmittal of act to the Prefecto provisonal. Signatories: Ignacio Arciniega, Francisco Pichardo, Justiniano Borbolla, José María Esquivel, Vicente Borbolla, Rafael Labastida, Ramón Borbolla, Ignacio Castelazo, and Camilo Montaño, Eugenio Escorza, Nicolás Escorza, Pedro Sánchez, Ignacio Barranco, Antonio Morales, Antonio Noriega, Juan Carrillo, Santos Sánchez, Mariano López, Francisco Mejía, Remigio Vergara, Ignacio Borbolla, Manuel González, José María Labastida, José Miguel González, Luis Escorza, and Anastacio González.
Acceptance of the revolution by Comandante general Noriega and his officers, with some conservatives; exclusion of liberals; danger of fight with liberal troops; Revolución de Jalisco; Act 3 of Plan de Ayutla in question; plan of Michoacán; Epitacio Huerta favored for command; lack of news; Juan in Paris; good work of Noriega.
Letter of Juan Huerta Antón; danger of having troops of General Noriega and those of Epitacio Huerta meet after past animosities; evacuation of Noriega's troops favored; Riva Palacio's influence sought. Includes draft of answer undated, unsigned, indicating desire of the President to appoint Santos Degollado head of [Michoacán], delayed by lack of support there; armistice desired; Gregorio Ceballos appointed interim.
Letter to Cruz;
Plan to leave government service; dissatisfaction with the new government and closing of congress; disappointment over Riva Palacio's acceptance of post in Hacienda.
Approval of Riva Palacio's part in new government; support of Plan de Ayutla by Huasca.
Support of Plan de Ayutla; appointment of Ignacio Ugalde to prepare recommendations; inclusion of Huazalingo, Atlapexco, Huautla, and Cuacuilco (?); events in Toluca, Puebla, and Jalisco; plans proclaimed in Huazalingo, Atlapexco; indecision in La Sierra and Huasteca; right of petition; four points. Signed Francisco S. de Sánchez. Other signatories not given.
Imprisonment from February to April; exile to Chihuahua; order withdrawn by General Pastor; support of Múgica for new government; San Luis de la Paz still governed by
Assumption of office; public acceptance; support of General Pinzón; Lic. Jáquez; Álvarez.
Appointment of Riva Palacio as Presidente del Superior Consejo; transmittal of copy of the acta favoring the Plan de Ayutla.
Persecution by Lerdo and the Ministerio de Fomento; request for intervention with Carrera.
Trip to Toluca declined; subordination of Plutarco to General Álvarez; Carrera; coöperation of Álvarez sought; maintenance of different
Invitation by Carrera to attend the meeting of generals at Dolores; impossibility of withdrawing troops from other states; Álvarez' leadership in the movimiento nacional; civil government to be turned over to Zarco; need for a
Account of exile to Tabasco by Santa Anna; escort by Lieutenant Colonel Octaviano Huerta; exile by Lombardini; illness; escape through Chiapas.
Mission of Lic. Anselmo Gutiérrez to see the President; request for intervention to support Luis de la Rosa for governor instead of Francisco Ibarra.
Refusal of General Pinzón to turn over political and military control; conditions in Cuernavaca; transmittal of correspondence between the two; danger of involvement with forces of Álvarez; difficulties with Lic. Jáquez; removal of Plutarco González to Toluca recommended.
Request for return of $9,000 taken from him by the government.
Delay in surrendering command to Piedra; opposition of the troops; desire of General [Álvarez] for his continuance.
Appointment of Ceballos as governor; support of Carrera; importance of meeting of generals in Dolores; conflict with Huerta to be avoided.
Request for better employment; position of son in the Administración de Yautepec; alcabala; loss of money for supporting the pronunciamiento in Morelos, December 15; separation of
Continuation of march to Mexico; support of Plan de Ayutla against the Plan de Jalisco; support of Riva Palacio requested.
Correction of erroneous article published August 23; explanation of the Plan de Ayutla; approval by the citizens of
Meeting of citizens and change from support of the Plan de Ayutla to another; Rafael Labastida.
Public petition establishing Pinzón as Prefecto; support of the pronunciamiento; lack of public security; demands on haciendas for horses, money, and weapons; high desertion rate in Pinzón's troops; weakness of Jáquez; aid of Villaseñor.
Harm done by Santa Anna; kindness of the
Appointment of Gregorio [Ceballos] to be governor; support of Carrera; Juan;
Arrival with the Juez de Texcoco and Pizarro; Palomo; support for the Plan de Ayutla; continuation of military policy; Carlitos; Vicente; Javierita.
Invitation by Carrera to meeting in Dolores shared with Plutarco; acceptance pending formal notification; Consejo's work on the
Acceptance of appointment as governor of Michoacan; assumption of office; hostility of the Comandante general; withdrawal of troops;
Explanation of conduct to be made by Antonio P. Gallardo; departure of Juan N. Garza for Monterrey with the Ejército del Norte; support of Article 4 of Plan de San Luis.
Invitation from General Carrera for meeting in Dolores; acceptance dependent on General Juan Álvarez.
Request for position with the Administración de Rentas de Temam[atl]a to replace Francisco Meoqui, who is moving to the Aduana de Cuernavaca; dissatisfaction with the Recaudación de peajes; illness of brother.
Account of attack on San Agustín del Palmar by soldiers from local troops; arrest of Prefecto; Plan de Ayutla proclaimed; Lic. Llave proclaimed governor and Comandante general; La Barranca de Jamapa; Cerro del Chiquihuite; meeting with troops of Fermín Muñoz; Santa Anna; reign of terror locally; removal of the Administrador de la Aduana; Comandante del Resguardo, Colector de Peajes, Juez de Letras, Presidente del Tribunal Mercantil, Tesorero del Ayuntamiento; independence maintained by Llave; title of
Criticism of article in
Concern of liberals over future government; Carrera; conditions left by flight of General Salas; government publication; compliance with the Plan de Ayutla.
Preparations for
Mission of Mariano Viadas to Mexico on order of Luis de la Rosa to obtain change in the Administrador del fondo judicial y papel sellado; appointment of Juan Múgica.
Need for stable government;
Assumption of duty as Governor [in Michoacán]; importance of meeting of generals at Dolores; impossibility of accomodating more troops in Mexico City; influence with Huerta; Pánfilo Galindo appointed Comandante general of [Michoacán].
Growth of
Criticism of the removal of Mariano Vargas from Administración principal de correos; replacement by Colonel Garmendia; Castillo.
Continuance of Pinzón in command without interference from Toluca; subordination to Plutarco González; heavy expenses caused by troops to the Aduana and Renta del tabaco; request for pay; plan of the generals to attack Osollo in route from Iguala to San Gabriel.
Assumption of office as Secretario de Gobierno on request of Doblado.
Not in hand of Riva Palacio; confidence of Carrera and Vega; effort to bring order out of the revolution; Santa Anna; invitation to Dolores meeting; article 4 of the Plan de San Luis; acceptance of illegality of Carrera's presidency; stress on interim character of the government; return of Law of 1841; president recognized in Veracruz, Puebla, Michoacán, Aguascalientes, and Oaxaca; Plan de Ayutla.
Delay in march; García Rebollo.
Receipt of letters; march from Texca to Chilpancingo; meeting anticipated.
Arrival of Villalobos; mission of Pérez Gallardo; refusal to recognize General Carrera as President; discussions with Villalobos and Garza on need for implementing Article 4 of the Plan de San Luis; support of Vidaurri; opposition to Vega; support of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis, Zacatecas, possibly Guanajuato and Querétaro; danger of new bloodshed; Vidaurri in Saltillo.
Álvarez' refusal to recognize the provisional government; instructions of Riva Palacio; Carrera; critical role of Comonfort; delay at Chilpancingo to await result of the meeting of generals; Iguala.
Assurance of his good intentions; Luis Cagide recommended for position in the Aduana marítima.
Flight of Santa Anna; support of Carrera; letter sent to Governor of Guanajuato; aims of the meeting in Dolores; services of Doblado in combatting banditry; efforts to persuade Haro y Tamariz to attend the meeting; need for unity to combat banditry.
Interview requested with Alas; state of anarchy in Mexico; partial recognition of Carrera; Carrera's offer to withdraw his supporters from Guerrero; opposition to more troop movement to Mexico; Ixtla; coöperation with provisional government urged.
Coöperation with the Carrera government urged; urgency of the situation stressed; Plan de México; Plan de Ayutla; Plan de Monterrey; Plan de San Luis; divided loyalties among Álvarez, Comonfort, Vidaurri, Haro, La Llave, and Carrera; danger of new fighting; flight of Santa Anna; meeting in Dolores; un-coördinated movements for federalism.
Interview with Pinzón; decision to dismiss his
Efforts to maintain peace in the district; Piedra.
Removal from office in San Juan by old administration; offer of his political support; Hidalgo.
Request for loan.
Meeting with other generals refused; strict adherence to the Plan de Ayutla; support of Álvarez.
Military operations in Morelia; expense of armed forces; request for intervention with Carrera to favor Morelia.
Conference with Lic. Manuel Alas; request for meeting with representative of Riva Palacio; Alas prevented from going to Mexico.
Signed: Francisco Andrade, Jesús Andrade, Ramón Andrade, and Ignacio Ugalde. Death of father during the late administration; revolt in Huejutla and Tancanhuitz; objection to retention of officials appointed by Santa Anna; opposition to General Casanova, Comandante Principal de Tampico and his staff; support of Carrera; tyranny maintained over Huasteca and the coast; effort of Luis Andrade, Ignacio
Mascareñas, and Miguel Ruiseñor to lead a
Vacancy for position of Cobrador de Peajes de Cerro Gordo; request for appointment of his brother.
Note left with Vicente; request for answer.
Danger of uprising from
Trip to Mexico; payment of $100 ordered by Zamorano; payment to Riva Palacio.
Resolve to follow the Plan de Ayutla despite Carrera.
Meeting with Comonfort; refusal to attend Dolores meeting; Ortega; Escudero.
Refusal to attend Dolores meeting called by Carrera; insistence on Plan de Ayutla as reformed in Acapulco; Carrera denounced by the generals; opposition to Santa Anna; support of Riva Palacio solicited.
Recommendation for Lic. Jesús Camarena, travelling to Mexico on business of national concern.
Difficulty of removing garrison troops left by earlier administration; their reaction to
Accusations by Lic. Tomás Islas; removal from post by governor; Cobos; printed bills attacking Plan de Ayutla; Domingo Revilla; appeal to Madrid, Montiel, and Cobos.
Request for help.
Meetings with Muñoz Camposano, Zarco, and Olvera; insistence on Plan de Ayutla; refusal to attend Dolores meeting; Carrera; Vega.
Pronunciamiento of the department for Plan de Ayutla and Álvarez; assumption of office under this movement; José María Castañares; separation of military and political functions; appointment of Justo Santa Anna as Governor; invitation to meeting in Dolores declined.
Request for appointment of his uncle, Dionisio González from Comandante del Batallón de Alvarado to that of Adjutant in Comandancia General of Puebla or Mexico; long frontier service.
Removal of garrison troops in Morelia; supplies and pay to be furnished troops.
Request for interview.
Request for retention in office of Lic. Francisco del Castillo Ganancia, Juez de la. insta. of the Partido; search for Colonel Agustín Ricoy, agent of Santa Anna; reassurance given Lic. Castillo, Juez de Letras; arrival of Colonel Olloqui; Francisco del Castillo; Hacienda de Santa Inés; General Céspedes; Doña Anna Furlong. The 73 signatures are not given.
Service as
Appointment as Tesorero; speech urging Valero to pronounce; correction by Blas.
Refusal of Comonfort and other generals to attend the meeting at Dolores, forcing Carrera to resign; negotiations for pacification of the republic; absence of Gobierno general; powers taken over by Distrito; closing of ministries.
Failure of the meeting at Dolores to materialize; resignation of Carrera; need for review of the situation.
Suit against Ciriaco Villegas of Tenancingo; legal services of Riva Palacio requested; deposit.
Appearance of posters calling for Riva Palacio for president; transmittal of letters. Sent to Asunción.
Mission given Payno; change in political situation; recommendation for Belli Cisneros; José Luis.
Service as captain in late administration; employment in Secretaría de la Plana Mayor; publication of article in
Quarrel between Vega and Miñón; refusal of garrison to accept Jarero; Pedro Escudero; Ortega; arrival of Haro expected; newspaper sent; order for arrests; arrest of Ex-ministro Olasagarre(?); Lares found hiding in Convento de monjas de la Villa de Guadalupe; Pepe Santa Anna shot; Lagarde.
Resignation of Vega and staff; meeting of Morales, Puente, and Miguel Buenrostro with Álvarez; organization of Guardia Nacional; orders for arrest sent to Miñón, thence to Vega; fight between Vega and Miñón; resignation; substitution by Jarero; list of representatives in
Refusal of garrison to recognize Jarero; support of Vega; return of Vega and ousting of Miñón; Juan; arrest of Olasagarre; Medero “secretaría q. fue de Tomás Moreno” in State of Guerrero; his connections with Santa Anna; Colonel Osoblo (Osollo?), head of part of the garrison; Tavera; popularity of Plan de Ayutla; possible presidency of Comonfort; Vega's refusal to recognize either Álvarez; Haro's arrival awaited; Comonfort favored by Rosa; decrease in agitation for Riva Palacio; Gonzalo; Paso de Atoyac.
Agreement with French stonemason; wool factory; meeting with López at El Molino; Chimalh[]n; Villaurrutia; Martínez de la Torre; Lebrija; Escudero; wheat crop; millstones requested from France; Zamorano; Miguel Sánchez of Texcoco; canoe travel; Chalco; Terreros' departure for Jalpa; health of Vicente; Santa Anna; Archicofradía; Icaza; Quintana; Elisalde; Álvarez' arrest orders; reorganization of the Guardia Nacional; Miñón; resignation of Vega and staff in favor of Jarero; support of Vega; Plan de Ayutla; flight of Miñón to Cuernavaca; Haro; comparison with Sebastopol; Ortega; Heraso; presidency of Haro supported by soldiers;
Program of the Exposición; invitation to submit exhibit in Bellas Artes.
Proposal to the Prefectura to support the Fuerza de Seguridad Pública by contributions from hacendados; Junta general suggested to administer it; Calderón suggested as replacement.
Meeting with Ortega and Pedro [Escudero]; Eraso's diagnosis of liver ailment; appointment as secretary by meeting in Hotel de Iturbide; political activity discounted; Jacobinos; Osios.
Surrender of Vega's command to Miñón ordered by Álvarez; order changed to General García Conde; Álvarez reported willing to accept presidency; Encarnación; Rosa; Ortega; Vicente's illness; Eraso; arrival of Haro; Comonfort headed from Tlalnepantla to Cuernavaca; Gift of chiles valencianos.
Aculco business; meeting with Lauro and López; Escudero; Agustín Cruz; [Diego] Álvarez favored for president; arrival of Comonfort in Tlalnepantla; news from Orizaba of capture of Sebastopol by French and English; Miguel. Includes note to her father by Javiera; Chente (Vicente?)'s illness; María; Anita; illness of Ignacio.
Juan [Álvarez] elected president at meeting in Cuernavaca; votes for Comonfort, Ocampo, and Vidaurri; Ocampo charged with forming ministry; Ocampo for Relaciones, Comonfort for Gobernación, Juárez for Justicia, Zuloaga for Guerra, Prieto for Hacienda, as reported by Muñoz Ledo.
Beginning of cold weather; shortage of clients; request for money to buy clothes; regrets over choice of legal profession; Manuel Terreros; Agustín Cruz; Manso Ceballos.
Regrets over newspaper calling Riva Palacio a traitor; General Guerrero; Pilar.
Loss of employment with Recaudación; disbandment of the Dirección de Rentas; Texcoco; Salgado; Governor González; Tlalnepantla; Tlalpan; request for aid in obtaining new job.
Announcement of appointment as Ministro provisional of the Tribunal Superior; Romero Díaz.
Order by Álvarez for arrest of his brother; influence of the
Resignation of Ocampo; replacement by Cardoso; order expected to annul promotions made by Santa Anna; price of stamped paper; Bernarda; Villaurrutia; Tigueros; José Manuel.
Plan de Ayutla not recognized by Garza in Tampico; revival of plan for forming a five-state republic; effort to remove the 8th Battalion and employees of the Aduana Marítima; change of administration not felt; replacement by Ozuluama; formation of new state, capital at Huejutla; Lic. Domingo Romero removed from Juzgado de Letras de Mextitlán for support of Plan de Ayutla; Zacualtipán.
Arrangements with the Prefecto for meeting of Indians under new government order; Chalco; suit against Santa Anna; Pedro; sale of hacienda; check of Rubio; delivery of El Molino; Lizardi; Javierita; Escudero; Terreros; Ceballos; includes note by Carlos Riva Palacio; ownership of ranch and horse.
Printed letter announcing appointment as
Announcement of entry in office as Administrador de Rentas by appointment of the Superior Gobierno del Estado.
Congratulations on election as Regidor; plan for publishing a newspaper; request for literary productions. Corner damaged.
Warning of José del Río; possible loss of position; request for intervention with Diego [Álvarez] or the President to help him.
Delay in meeting because of business of Rivera; report on cattle; departure of Uraga from Cuautitlán; Álvarez' probable retreat to the South or the Sierra; Javierita; Miguel; Velázquez.
Invitation to meeting.
Álvarez' request for meeting with Riva Palacio and others on possible resignation.
Partial debt of Florentino Puerto to Félix Solís.
Desire to present new project to Riva Palacio; formation of new cabinet. Includes also note by Sánchez [Garayo] to Riva Palacio, transmittal of circular entitled
Regrets over reproaches against Riva Palacio in
Regulations by the manager of permanent leases on box seats, rental, and use; Terreros.
Request of Justo Ojeda for intervention on his behalf; imprisonment without order by Colonel Villalba in Cuartel de Pereda; service as chief of the Seguridad pública in Tetecala, Cuernavaca District since Riva Palacio was Governor; congratulations on new post.
Arrival of Mendes; danger to writer and addressee; collection of arms and flight advised, with bearer. Cf. 5833.
Summons by Zuloaga; fall of Comonfort and victory of the
Alejandro sent with wagon for moving furniture; treatment of Flores; return to Mexico to care for the bakery; accident to Pedro and the Spaniard; Javierita; notice of Álvarez placing Montes as Ministro de justicia, La Rosa in Relaciones, Yáñez in Guerra, Payno in Hacienda, Lafragua in Gobernación; wheat for planting. Addressed to Hacienda de la Asunción or Hacienda de la Archicofradía.
Political ambition disclaimed; Juan Lebrija; Saavedra; Montero; Juan Felipe Sánchez; San Juan del Río; Echeverría; Iturbide; Moret; importance of men over constitutions; leaflet on project of San Luis Potosí. Includes note lending support with signatures by Tomás Mejía, José Antonio M. Velázquez, Francisco Padilla, Trinidad Olvera, Javier(?) de la Sosa (Torre?), Nicolás González, Francisco Soria, Ignacio Dávila, Juan José Jiménez, Valentín Vargas, Albino Soria, Francisco Hurtado, Ricardo Valderos, Vicente Sánchez, Rafael Bocanegra, Juan Gutiérrez, Benigno Arreguín, Corn[eli]o Moreno, Domingo Lara, Guadalupe Martínez, José Velázquez, and Felipe Medrano. Other signatures omitted for lack of time, signed M. V. Same hand as 5833.
Request for aid in freeing Severo Mesa, unjustly accused of participation in uprising on December 12; use of his house by rebels; Lic. Gutiérrez; Venado; meeting with Riva Palacio in Querétaro; participation in cabinet of Comonfort.
Riva Palacio elected
Attempt to deliver a carbine interrupted by the Guardia Diurno.
Decision of Carlos to leave Mexico; departure for Veracruz and the U.S. Includes note by M[anuel Terreros]. Includes draft of reply, undated, avoiding responsibility for detention of Carlos or his travel.
Warning to Viya y Cosío by telegraph to return Carlos to Mexico to see Terreros; copy of telegram No. 210, continuing search; Herrera; Asunción or Archicofradía.
Return of Carlos Riva Palacio by horseback to Mexico via Jalapa and travel by stagecoach; warning given Pedro Thuillier (Thesillier?) of steamer
Transmittal of telegram on return of Carlos; Viya; business of Lebrija discussed with Comonfort.
Intervention requested with Comonfort for signature of the decree on Compañía de los Placeres de Oro de la Sierra Madre del Sur; approval of Álvarez; deposit with the Ministro de Fomento; harm caused to 100 families by the delay.
Completion of work on Tecamac-Chalco road; efforts to arrange opening with the Dirección de Peajes; meeting with the Administrador General; efforts of enemies to delay negotiations; beginning of rains; resort to Engineer Cayetano Moro; flight of Santa Anna; destruction of toll house with axes; suspension of Francisco Carbajal; replacement by Benito Quintana; Ministro de Fomento.
New letters of complaint written the President and the Ministro de Hacienda; Pilar.
Desire to place his son Felipe Neri de Oviedo in the Seminario Conciliar; dropout from illness; Primo de Rivera; plea of poverty.
Sale to Miguel Yúdico; house No. 1, Calle de Santa Clara, corner of Manrique; widow of José María Flores; José Sánchez Trujillo, agent; description of rooms; payment terms; Jorge Madrigal; witnesses Manuel Madariaga, Manuel Meneses, Francisco Chávez; Francisco Madariaga, Escribano Nacional y Público.
Appointment to be Vocal propietario de la Junta Protectora del Colegio de Agricultura; Hospicio de San Jacinto.
Leave with pay granted Agustín Noriega to work in Toluca; replacement by Colonel Manuel Reyes Veramendi.
Request for reimbursement to the
Order for José Irineo to appear; failure to pay debt charged by Gabino García. Byline: Dios y Ley.
Printed letter. Invitation to buy stock in program to build a telegraph line from Toluca to Mexico and to Morelia. Also signed Manuel Alas.
Lithographed. Table of income and payments, involving Créditos activos, Julio Camarena, Aduana marítima de Veracruz, Fondo de Minería, Naipes, rentas, Papel Sellado, Recaudación de contribuciones, Abogados, donativo, reintegro, Casa de Moneda de México, loans; Garrustte, Labadie & Co.; Clero de Michoacán, Renta del Tabaco; Ministerio de Relaciones, de Gobernación, de Justicia, de Fomento, de Hacienda, de Guerra; legations in France, Prussia, Granada, the U.S., La Habana, New Orleans; secret expenses; Guardia Nacional, Consejo de Gobierno, Impresiones, Rentas de Chihuahua, Tesorería Municipal, Policía del Distrito, Suprema Corte, Tribunal Superior, Corte Marcial, Juzgado de Distrito, Juzgados civiles, Juzgados de lo Criminal, Jueces y Promotores foráneos, Procuración, Sociedad de Beneficencia para educación de la Niñez, Palacios in México, Tlalpam, and Tacubaya; telegraphs; salaries of President, Ministers, Junta de Crédito público, Deuda interior, Impuestos, Visitadores de rentas, Viudas Civiles y Militares, Jubilados, Contaduría Mayor de Hacienda, Junta de Aranceles, books, Premio de Cambio, Correo, Guarnición de México, División Álvarez, Brigada Zuloaga, Brigada Castillo, Brigada Ghilardi, Brigada Traconis, División Villarreal; Villalva, Guzmán, Brigada de Costa Chica, Brigada de Pueblita, Guarnición de Morelia, Guanajuato troops, Echeverrias, Governor of Oaxaca, Noriega, Reparo de Cuarteles, fortifications, uniforms, Transportation, Retirados, Pagas de Marcha. Includes also one communication:
Election of Riva Palacio to represent the Junta de Agricultura in the Junta de Crédito público.
Danger of floods in the capital; appointment of Riva Palacio to Junta to discuss a solution.
Disagreement in the Junta de Minería on budget; changes made by Juan Álvarez; Junta de Ministros; protest by José U. Baz in
Meeting of the Junta Preparatoria del Congreso Constituyente and election of Riva Palacio as Diputado suplente. Also signed: Francisco Zarco and Isidoro Olvera, Diputados secretarios.
Request for intervention in favor of suit pending in the Ministerio de la Guerra; Rosa; Lafragua.
Request for help in case pending against a friend; imprisonment in Maravatío on charges of rebellion against government; suffering in jail; hope for liberty with intervention of Juan B. Ceballos; Carlos.
Request for intervention to restore Agustín N. Gochicoa to position in the Secretaría de Hacienda; discharge by Prieto; Payno; Bonifacio Gutiérrez.
Order to take command of the cavalry, taking in the troops of Lieutenant Colonel Joaquín Miramón in Acatzingo; orders to General Manuel Andrade.
Request of Bishop Pardiu for early settlement of dispute with
Suit of wife of Lieutenant Colonel José de Torres Valdivia for back pay; cessation of payments by the Treasury as result of the pronunciamiento of August 19, 1855; Señora Pereira; abolishment of the office by the Supremo Gobierno by decree of October 10; establishment of agents; payments from Rentas generales; El Contingente; appointment as Jefe de Hacienda; Pilar's health.
Payment of tuition for the Seminario Conciliar; Calle de Roldán, No. 4.
Service as substitute deputy from Querétaro; request for per diem payments.
Meeting with Escudero and the President; letter for the Ministro de la Guerra; negotiations with Béistegui and Antonio Escandón for loan of $24,000, repayable from taxes on silver from Mineral del Monte; changed to payments from the Tesorería; suspension of payments; garrison at Toluca; González; Payno; Iturbe; arms for the police.
Plans of sister Juana to transfer property to the religious of San Francisco; re-establishment of the alcabala; bonds for debt; rebellion in Zapotlanejo; road to Tepic closed; Juan Francisco.
Order for meeting of hacendados, March 15.
Organization of Fuerza rural de propietarios; order for meeting of owners; fines for absences.
Delivery of sheep and cows; Cadena warned of medication needed; safeguards in passage through Chalco and Texcoco; danger from army deserters; Escudero; Juez de Letras de Zumpango Lic. Gregoriano Clavería, previously in the Instituto in Toluca; Lic. Riva Guerrero; Carlitos' education; Juez de Actopan Guerra Ganancia.
Delivery of sheep and cattle to Asunción; Escudero; Eulalio Ortega; armed rebellion on Rancho de Santa Teresa; bloodshed at the Battle of Puebla; Archbishop.
Corredor José Sánchez Trujillo; Panadería de Cotorra on corner of Las Rejas de San Gerónimo and Calle de San Miguel; House No. 1, Calle de Santa Clara, corner of Manrique; rental from Agustina Guerrero de Flores. Attached is related document:
Transmittal of communication to the
Illness; denial of rumors in Chalco that he marched to Puebla with 400 armed men; witnesses Cura de San Gregorio and General [Diego?] Álvarez, son of General Melchor Álvarez; stagecoach from Ayotla; Vicente said to have started the rumor; unpaid bill of Vicente; account of Ramón de la Cueva. Addressed to Calle de Montealegre. No. 13.
Papers authorized by Galareca (Galarza?); movement to Chalco; Cruz needed to sign
Shortage of labor for project; workers on canal de Guadalupe from Huehuetoca; need for higher pay; Prefecturas de Cuautitlán and Tlalnepantla; Tula; Escudero.
Request for employment of Luis López as Jefe de Resguarda. Includes note from Iturbe to Riva Palacio, asking for placement of López.
Certificate of burial of Ángel Buendía, March 24, 1856 in Camposanto de... San José Chiapas; widow: Loreto Castillo of Mexico; confession denied by “el Gefe q. lo fusiló.” Certified copy from archives. Title of Dávila: Cura y Juez Ecco. del santuario Palafoxiano de San José Chiapas y sus anexos.
Rebellion of workers against the project; Cuautitlán; participation of Padre Juan Gerón and Mariano Benítez, mayordomo del colegio; report to the Archbishop recommended; report by Gargollo.
Approval of leave request. Includes draft of reply, Mexico, April 1, 1856, unsigned, accepting leave for a government mission.
Law of March 14, 1853 for collection of
Invitation to a reception for the President and attendance at the
Request for profile of the Canal de Guadalupe made by Rivera; participation in uprising by Gerón and Benítez denied by the Rector del colegio de Tepotzotlán; progress of the work; shortage of tools;
Request for surrender of José Ventura for fight with guard on night patrol.
Declaration of José Ventura; order for wounded men to appear for treatment.
Approval of application for leave by the Soberano Congreso Constituyente.
Need for regularizing the archives and putting office in order; Archivo of the Antigua Comisaría, consisting of 35 large shelves; Junta de Crédito Público; request for information from the archives.
Request for aid in return of his son Manuel, who left to join troops led by the President near Puebla; troops reported at Izúcar.
Plans to go to the U.S. or Europe; absence of the
Law of February 14, requiring the use of stamped paper.
Request for loan to leave Mexico; recent events in Puebla; life in hiding; support of his moral position; delivery of loan to José María Ginre (Gisue?), Fábrica de Cerveza, Calle de Revillagigedo No. 6.
Request for intervention with the Governor to obtain delay in order of the Administrador de la Aduana to pay back taxes; collection of the alcabala; reduced business; Tesorero Pedro Vélez.
List of taxes due: Corral de consejo; primary education; damages by Melchor; three oxen held pending payment by the Administrador.
Request for answer to letter of April 14; sale of oxen agreed to by administrador. Includes note by Riva Palacio, asking for explanation.
Ship anchored off Isla de Sacrificios; letter addressed to Mariano; salutation to Javierita; hospitality of Captain Journier of the French frigate; Colimot; route to Havana, New York, and Europe; brother (Vicente?) invited to go along.
Reply of the Ministro de la Guerra to request for promotion, postponing decision.
Recommendation for promotion by Sandoval and Riva Palacio turned down; letter direct to the President suggested; numerous promotions being given.
Loan offered by the diocese, authorized by the Cabildo; Riva Palacio requested to make the offer with caution.
Offer of $200,000; exemption from
Addressed to Miguel Cadena; order to appear on charges of injury to Miguel Delgado; Gómez; witness of wife of Delgado.
Request for data on salaries of employees requested by the Sub-prefectura.
Thanks for help in obtaining back pay for his son.
Request for a statement for official purposes of his services in 1829.
Request for intervention on behalf of Lobato.
Request for notarization of certificate of services.
Refusal of Vélez to accept his title and pay vouchers; request for intervention on his behalf;
Plan to resign; order for Lebrija; probable substitution by Riva Palacio.
Destruction of
Visit by the President.
Permit to visit the Governor of Mexico.
Apologies for past faults; Doloritas; Javierita.
Departure of Siliceo with the President to visit the Desagüe de Huehuetoca; message sent by Madrigal.
Complaint of Martínez, husband of owner of Cadena, that dam on Hacienda de San Antonio caused damage to his; refusal to pay
Recommendation for Ramón Aumado for vacancy in the Resguardo; recommendation of the Administrador de la Aduana in Manzanillo referred to the Junta de Crédito público.
Thanks for assistance in righting an injustice.
Recognition of assistance to the Superior Gobierno.
Invitation to attend ceremony at Colegio de Agricultura de San Isidro Labrador; attendance of Ministro de Fomento.
Receipt of $27 for damage done by hacienda cattle.
Request for position in the Aduana Marítima as
Election of Riva Palacio to represent state interests in meetings of the Compañía del Oro Mejicano en la Sierra Madre del Sur; action of the Consejo del Estado.
Assumption of office; inability to draw pay; request for $300 sent via Jecker, Torre & Co. to agent Andrés Sanfuentes in Querétaro; help of son-in-law José María Veraza; Guadalupe, daughter; Pilar's plans to come to Mexico.
Request for surrender of José Quirino for the administration of justice; Agapito Rodríguez.
Concern for the future of his children Pachito and Agustino; study of drawing, philosophy, English, piano, and violin; search for capellanía for them; resignation of Pepe Castañares; request for help; Marianita.
Request for
Visit of inspection by Mariano Riva Palacio, President of the Junta menor del desagüe; meeting with cuadrillas of Tepetlaoxtoc and Chiautla; complaint of delay in pay; refusal of pay for workers lest they leave the job; interrogation of officials; reprimand of complainants; shortage of tools. Followed by answer:
Request for list of wages paid hacienda employees.
Pilar's mission to Mexico; decision to leave government service; Law of April 7, 1837 on retirement with pay; failure to receive pay promised by Payno; Ramo de Crédito público.
Meeting with Gómez Farías; approval of Pedro Escudero; Atristain; refusal of congress to ratify the decree of Santa Anna; Arriaga; withdrawal of Arriaga to work on the Constitution.
Failure to return from Tacubaya in time for meeting of Junta; meeting called for the 5th.
Recommendation that the proposal to pay employees of the Administración de alcabalas on a percent basis be sent to the Junta de Crédito público; encouragement to the employees.
Death of Administrador de Aduana Marítima Salvador de Iturbide; illness on arrival from San Blas; visit to river to bathe; death from drowning; burial; request for successor; doctor's diagnosis of apoplexy; bleeding at the nose.
Death of Agustín (Salvador?) de Iturbide of apoplexy; José de Landero y Cos recommended to replace Iturbide; fight against contraband; opposition of Barrón Forbes Company; service in Mazatlán during administration of José Ramón Malo; Agustín Noriega; Gregorio Mier y Terán; Payno; Pedro Ilizaliturry named to replace writer; relation between Barrón and Escandón; Farías absent from post as Contador.
Notice of appointment of Riva Palacio by the State of Guerrero; meeting on Calle de San Francisco No. 13.
Beginning of work on Tlahuac road; supply of equipment by Landa; citizens of Hastahuacán working on Canal de Santa Marta; Río de Churubusco.
Delay in Pilar's mission; renewal of request for aid; need for back pay; rumors of a collapse of the government.
Preparation of a program with Terreros on the plan for the drainage system, to be presented in Mexico; Cuautitlán. Addressed to Tacuba No. 9.
Request for General Rafael de Benavides to deliver $80 to Riva Palacio to pay tuition for daughter Margarita.
Death of Iturbide; replacement in hands of the government; discussion of the request with members of the Junta.
Meeting with Siliceo; exemption from toll; contract with Iturbe; rights to use the roads;
Transmittal of letter to Manuel Castellanos on transfer of bonds.
Transmittal of notice from the Junta on funds available; letter sent via General Parrodi; departure of Pilar.
Request for full attendance at beginning of debates on new constitution.
Introduction to Cano and Quintero; proposed petition concerning the Ley de Expropiación; request for transmittal to Escudero.
Request for friends to come and sign petition as soon as it is re-copied.
Approval of request for leave to attend to personal affairs. Signed: Juan de Dios Arias and José María Cortés y Esparza.
Request, through legal representative General Benito Quijano, that Manuel Uruña be removed from the capellanía founded by María de Ancona Frías; request on behalf of Atanasio José (Canto); appointment of Uruña in Mérida by the Bishop of Yucatán January 2, 1856; request based on fact that the capellanía was intended to aid students working toward ordination while Uruña is already ordained; Mariano Brito; Captain Pedro Ancona; María Zalasar; Gregoria Mimenda.
Death of José María Barrientos; recommendation for Rafael Ortiz de la Huerta as replacement accepted. Addressed to Germán Landa, Presidente de la Junta encargada de la reedificación de la Capilla de N. S. Sta. Teresa.
Application of Antonio Merino for appointment as Comandante del resguardo in the Aduana Marítima presented to the Junta de Crédito público; opposition of the Ministro de Hacienda; request for intervention to obtain appointment to another position.
Report on recent events by Manuel María González considered exaggerated; Aduana Marítima de San Blas; his ties with the Rivas family, strong supporters of Barron, Forbes, & Co.; invasion of city by
Copy of letter to Lic. Octaviano Muñoz, appointing him president of a committee to investigate recent events in Tepic and the advisability of removing the Governor; Santos Degollado; involvement of British Consul Eustaquio Barron and of Guillermo Forbes of the commercial house. Other members of the committee: Luis G. Cuevas and Mariano Riva Palacio. Includes draft of acceptance, August 8, 1856.
Departure for Europe; letter of Escudero; Vicente; Carlitos; Pepe; Antonino; Terreros; Aguirre; Cruz; Raggosa; Colimot.
Request that Riva Palacio meet with Manuel Castellanos and participate in plans for development of the company. Has note for reply, on new board of directors.
Political policy in State of Mexico; imprisonment of Pliego; Pliego's support of rebellions in Valle, Amanalco, and haciendas; arms stored by José Trinidad in Zitácuaro.
Request for interview.
Recent illness; arrangements for farming; appearance of armed band in the woods; Agustín; Javierita; Carlos; los Curialitos; Pepe.
Recommendation for José Mariano Duarte; service in war of 1847-1848, in the Guardia Nacional, and with Comonfort at Puebla; recommended for Hacienda or Junta de Crédito público.
Bands of Indians reported agitating against Law of June 25 and encroaching on hacienda property in Ameca and San Gregorio; report to Ministro de Gobernación; request for troops.
Appointment as chairman of a committee to collect donations from hacendados for celebration of September 16, 1810 and September 27, 1821, along with Ignacio Jáuregui. Signatories: J. N. Almonte, F. Moncada, and M. Espíndola.
Co-operation with Velázquez recommended; Gómez; Escudero; González; purchase of cattle.
Report on locusts from the Ministerio de Fomento; Junta Protectora; Gutiérrez; arrangements for meeting.
Request for employment; recommendation by Agustín Cruz; disappointment in Plutarco González; González' offer to take him along during revolution; later imprisonment and exile; commission in the Guardia Nacional; offer of Guillermo González to help in rebellion; offer by Mariano Valdés of captain's commission; service in 1832; Campaña del Valle de Méjico in brigade of General Antonio de León; service in Las Lomas and Castillo de Chapultepec; capture; Nicolás Bravo.
Invitation to be
Power of attorney for Rafael Fernández and his son Rafael, as well as for Julián Hernández, with respect to the Mine of Santa Fé, called
Congratulations on becoming President of the Junta directiva de Minería.
News of Santa Anna received via New Orleans; inexperience of Santa Anna in foreign countries; similarity between Mexico's plight and Spain's struggle with renewing the Constitution of 1812; reforms; Guerra de las Provincias by supporters of Don Carlos; Trinidad.
Power of attorney given Isidro Díaz; dictamen of the Consejo de Gobierno de 1841 taken from Archivo General; order of August 29, 1849 to Sonora; terrenos baldíos; Crestón Grande; Isla de Venados; public sale of land; Recopilación de Indias; legal problem involved; Law of August 4, 1824; Law of August 18, 1824 favoring foreigners; José Inda; complications under Santa Anna's rule; other laws cited.
Invitation to an exposition on December 1.
Use of money left on deposit.
Request for brothers to pay $40 loaned by Ignacio Romero de Terreros who found him with a leg injury; aid given by Mariano [?]; transport to Tepotzotlán.
Stomach ailment; rheumatism; change of climate recommended by doctor; farm duties; danger from wandering bands; Agustín; business with Zepayautla; bakery business; corn in Asunción; barley harvest; Bernarda. Addressed to Calle de Tacuba No. 7.
Third-class membership conferred; transmittal of copy of regulations.
Arrival of letter from Javierita, Riva Palacio, and wife of Vicente; memories of mutual tertulias; residence in London; plan to go to Italy; plans to meet Labastida; marriage of Vicente; Srta. Josefina; Carlos; Pepe; Antonino; Cruz; Aguirre; Raigosa; Ramón de la Cueva, Escribano of the Orden de Guadalupe; José María Andrade.
Meeting announced of committee to choose exhibits for the Exposición general.
Meeting of the Junta Permanente del Fomento de Exposiciones for business and distribution of prizes.
Addressed to Javierita; departure for Italy; arrival in Rome for Easter; Florencia; Vicente; Escudero; Terreros; Cruz; Aguirre; Cueva.
Notice sent to the Junta of ships unloading contraband cargo;
Watermark: Geo McCorquodale.
Meeting of the Junta for drainage of the capital.
Request for help; hospitalization; shortage of food; aid of Madre de la Caridad; Vicente Guerrero; Battle of Cerro de Limón; death of Tino Villalba.
Addressed to Representante del Estado de Guerrero; meeting of the Junta General de Accionistas de la Compañía Explotadora de los Placeres de Oro en la Sierra Madre del Sur; Hotel Iturbide; Junta General.
Request for recommendation for Rector for the college in Guanajuato made by Doblado; deteriorated state of the college; Juan Rodríguez.
Request for recommendation for a new rector for the college; approval of Ignacio Herrera.
Appointment announced of Luis Zamudio as new Prefecto and Comandante Militar of Texcoco by the head of
Refusal to accept the new prefecto; opposition to the Plan de Tulancingo; support of government in the Capital. Signed by President, Síndico, and Regidores: Agustín Ávila, José Julián Chávez, José Epifanio Contreras, José Antonio Juárez, Eligio Juárez, and Teófilo Chávez; Municipalidad de Acolman.
Return from exile to home in Cuautitlán; Churubusco; arrest and escort to Veracruz; ordered to Isla del Carmen by the Supremo Gobierno; request for intervention to prevent the removal; unhealthy conditions on the island; request to be allowed to go abroad; address: in care of General Ramón Iglesias, Comandante General of Veracruz State.
Difficulty in finding suitable rector for the college; search continued.
Imprisonment in Toluca and in Mexico for alleged part in a pronunciamiento; protest of innocence; lack of information for an indictment; escort by Batallón de Morelos; exile of José del Corral; Vicente; Carlos; request for bond set by Riva Palacio.
Commercial services rendered Hacienda del Jara Caliente and to Valdovinos, Pérez Palacios, Aliegas, General Hernández; damage to store in war of 1847-8; request for loan. Includes unsigned, incomplete note, describing the property; widow of Juan Francisco Mañón; cuñado Antonio; Lic. Don Pascual González; Calle del Maíz; Olmedo y Mateos.