Juan Pablo Anaya Papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, printed materials, financial and legal documents, and literary productions. all in Spanish, concerning Anaya's military and political career. Papers of his wife, Mercedes Jaime de Aguirre, and daughter, Gila Anaya, include correspondence, financial, and legal documents, mostly relating to Anaya's military pension. Newspaper clippings concern the construction of the railroad from Mexico City to Veracruz.
Dates
- Creation: 1810-1911
Language of Materials
Spanish or Castilian.
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Note
General and politician. Born 1785 in Lagos, Jalisco; died 1850 in Mexico City. Veteran of the Mexican War of Independence; aided the United States against the British in Carolina. Deputy to the national congress (1821). General Brigada de los Ejércitos Nacionales (1824). Comandante General for Chiapas (1828). Brigadier General and General de Division (1832). Ministro de Guerra (January 8-30, 1833) in the administration of president Gómez Pedraza. Governor of Tabasco (Nov. 17, 1840-Dec. 6, 1840). Comandante General de Sinaloa and Sonora (1847). Jefe del Ejército del Ocidente (1847). Involved with construction of a railroad from Mexico City to Veracruz (1848). Relieved of command December 27, 1848, and became subject of investigation concerning his reduction of the customs tax.
- 1785
- Born in Lagos, Jalisco
- 1810
- joined with Hidalgo and Allende, War of Mexican Independence
- 1813
- named General
- 1813
- commissioned to go to U.S., where he asked for military supplies and recognition of the Mexican independence movement
- 1814
- aids U.S. against British in Carolina
- 1815
- struggle for independence of Carolina
- 1815
- in New Orleans for recognition of Mexican flag by U.S.
- 1820
- prisoner of war of Juan Dominguez
- 1821
- joined Iguala Plan; Deputy to first Congress; made Brigadier General
- 1822
- still Deputy; imprisoned and sentenced to death in Guadalajara
- 1822/24
- Diputado por Guadalajara
- 1824
- married Doña Mercedes Jaime de Aguirre
- 1824
- General Brigada de los Ejércitos Nacionales
- 1826
- made General de Division
- 1828
- Comandante General for Chiapas
- 1829
- Comandante General for Chiapas
- 1832
- appointed Major General
- 1832
- received rank of Brigadier General and Divisionario
- Minister of War in the Gómez Pedraza administration
- 1832/33
- General de Division
- 1833
- Minister of War, January 8-30
- 1834
- Iguala, persecutions
- 1835
- exiled
- 1840
- Governor of Tabasco, Nov. 17, 1840-Dec. 6, 1840
- 1839
- engaged in interterritorial Mexican battles; various states
- 1847
- Commander General of Sinaloa
- 1848
- railroad to Veracruz from Mexico City
- 1849
- made Comandante General de Sinaloa
- 1849
- transferred for his position and brought to trial for having lowered the customs tax by one-half without proper authority
- 1850
- died in Mexico City
Full Extent
8 inches
Abstract
Papers relating to the political and military career of Juan Pablo Anaya in Mexico from 1821 to 1848, with other family papers and correspondence.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged into two subgroups. One subgroup is formed around Anaya and the other around his family. The subgroups are organized into series by document format.
Acquisition Information
The Juan Pablo Anaya Papers form part of the Genaro García Collection, which was purchased by the University of Texas in 1921 from the heirs of Genaro García.
Existence and Location of Copies
The papers are also available on microfilm.
Processing Information
The papers were described by the Benson Latin American Collection's Mexican Archives Project in November 1993.
Prepared by the Mexican Archives Project, November 1994.
Topical
- Anaya, Juan Pablo, 1785-1850--Archives
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Sources
- Mexico--Foreign relations--1821-1861--Sources
- Mexico--History--1821-1861--Sources
- Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861--Sources
- Mexico--Politics and government--19th century--Sources
- Railroads--Mexico
- Texas--History--To 1846--Sources
- Title
- Juan Pablo Anaya Papers
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2001
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/02: edited with XMetaL 3 by Craig Schroer and Bob Stewart.
- Tue Jul 22 14:57:42 CDT 2003: urn:taro:utexas.blac.00001 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505).
- 2021 April: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu