Mariano Riva Palacio Collection, 1716-1880 (bulk 1835-1875).

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Mariano Riva Palacio Collection, 1716-1880 (bulk 1835-1875).

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Correspondence; official, legal, and financial documents; literary productions; lists; printed materials; and diaries pertaining 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 activities of Mariano Riva Palacio and many other well-known figures of 19th century Mexico. Literary productions include Apuntes, February 7, 1847 to October 24, 1847, and Parte oficial del General Bravo sobre la acción de Chapultepec, both in G461 Ms., and Esposición que el Ministro de Hacienda dirige al Congreso Gral. sobre el estado de la Hacienda Publica ... 1848 (G464 Ms.). The collection contains documents relating to the settlement of the estate of Vicente Guerrero.

7 linear ft.

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Sánchez Garayo, Atilano.

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Attorney. Died circa 1878. Atilano Sánchez Garayo was admitted to the Mexican bar in 1812, and in 1817 was named chief notary of the Juzgado de Testamentos, Capellanías, y Obras Pías. He became a full member of the Colegio de Abogados in 1828. In 1844 he was made a voting member of the Junta de Minerías; in 1850, as its benefactors' legal representative, he published two pamphlets defending their interests against government encroachment. In 1854 Sánchez retired as chief notary and became a...

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...

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876

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Epithet: President of Mexico British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000203 Commander in chief of Mexican Army and President of Mexico during war with United States (1846-1848). Letter thanks Don Juan Valdivia for providing lumber and use of his estate for defense against possible Spanish invasion (1829). From the description of Antonio Loṕez de Santa Anna letter, 1829. (University of the Pacific)...

Riva Palacio, Mariano, 1803-1880

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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 devel...

Guerrero, Vicente, 1782-1831

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President of Mexico, military leader. Born 1782 in Tixtla; died 1831 in Cuilapan. Guerrero began his military career in 1810. He was commissioned captain by José María Morelos before the attack on Taxco, was made colonel in 1814 by Juan Nepomuceno Rosains, and received the rank of general from Agustín de Iturbide. After Iturbide was removed as emperor, Guerrero was named General de División, and became a member of the Supremo Poder Ejecutivo which governed until 1824. Guerrero ascended to th...

Hernandez de Guerrero, Guadalupe, d. 1847

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Wife of president of Mexico, General Vicente Guerrero, and grandmother of Vicente Riva Palacio. Died March 1847. From the description of Guadalupe Hernández de Guerrero Papers, 1822-1847. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 29747765 ...

Álvarez, Juan 1790-1867

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Comonfort, Ignacio, 1812-1863

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President of Mexico, general. Born 1812, died 1863. Positions held include: artillery captain (1833); infantry colonel in the militia; colonel in the 1847 campaign of the Valle de Méjico; Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Acapulco (1852); Administrador de la Aduana Maritima de Mazatlan; General de Brigada del Ejército Mexicano (1854); General en Gefe del Ejército Restaurador de la Libertad (1855); General de División del Ejército Mexicano (1855). Served as Ministro de Guerra (Oct. 10-D...

García, Genaro, 1867-1920

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Attorney, historian, writer, educator, bibiophile. Born August 17, 1867; died November 26, 1920. Received law degree from Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in 1891. Representative to Congreso de la Unión, 1892-1899. Director of Museo Nacional de Historia, Arqueología y Etnología. Director of Escuela Nacional Preparatoria. Major publications include: Colección de documentos inéditos o muy raros para la historia de México (1905-1911), Documentos históricos mexicanos (1910-1911), and an edi...

Bravo, Nicolás, 1786-1854

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Arista, Mariano, 1802-1855

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Secretary of war for Mexico. From the description of Letter, 1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536945 President of Mexico (1851-1853). Born 1802 in San Luis Potosí; died 1855 on board the vessel Tagus en route from Lisbon, Portugal, to France. Other offices held: brigadier general, member of Tribunal de Guerra, member of Junta del Código Militar, Inspector of the active militia, Comandante General of Tamaulipas (1839), General en Jefe del Ejército del Norte (1840), ...