Notes on Mexico in 1883 : ADS.

Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico)

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The Provincias Internas were formally established by the Real Orden of August 22, 1776, to provide effective government of the northern region of New Spain. They included the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Coahuila, Texas, Nuevo México, Sinaloa, Sonora, Nuevo León, Nuevo Santander, and the Californias. These provinces were removed from the control of the viceroy and placed under the military and political government of a comandante general who was directly responsible to the king. In...

Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, 1834-1893

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Ignacio Manuel Altamirano [1834-1893] was a Mexican poet and novelist of Nahua heritage. He joined Benito Juarez in opposition to Maximilian and played a part in the subsequent reconstruction of the republic. Altamirano served as representative to the national congress, as Supreme Court justice, and as president of the Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística. He became Mexico's consul general to Spain in 1889 and to France in 1890. Altamirano's work, which focused on Mexican society, includ...

Vigil, José María, 1829-1909

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García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894

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Joaquín García Icazbalceta was a Mexican historian and bibliographer. From the description of Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers, 1883-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517509 On May 25, 1577, King Philip II of Spain ordered by royal cédula the preparation of a general description of Spain's holdings in the Indies. Instructions and a questionnaire, issued in 1577 by the Office of the Cronista Mayor-Cosmógrafo, were distributed to local officials in the Viceroyalties...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Riva Palacio, Vicente, 1832-1896

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Lawyer, general, politician, and writer. Born 1832 in Mexico City; died 1896 in Madrid, Spain. Received law degree in 1854; maintained law practice while intermittently holding public office, going to war, and pursuing a literary career. Held offices in the municipality of Mexico City; the constituent and national congresses; the Supreme Court of Justice; the Ministry of Fomento, Colonización, Industria y Comercio; and Mexico's diplomatic corps in Spain and Portugal. Participated in the revolut...

Morgan, Philip Hickey, 1825-1900.

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Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915

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Mexican statesman and army officer. From the description of Porfirio Díaz correspondence, 1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79424089 ...

Ramos, Juan, 1818-

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Chavero, Alfredo, 1841-1906

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