MDDM: Ch 33 - Notes and Questions Part 2

[Dave Monroe]

Okay, another quick one, then ...

--- Scott Badger <lupine at ncia.net> wrote:

> 338.15 'Don Vicente Lopez' ??

My first guess was ...

Vicente López y Portaña (1772-1850) ...

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lopez_y_portana_vicente.html

"Vicente López succeeded Goya as the Royal Court
Painter during the reign of Ferdinand VII ..."

http://www.mcu.es/prado/cason/44_eng.html

http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/i41.html

Vicente López y Portaña
b. 1772 Valencia, Spain, d. 1850 Madrid, Spain

"In addition to painting portraits of nearly every
notable person in Spain during the first half of the
1800s, Vicente López y Portaña also painted religious,
allegorical, and mythological scenes. Many historians
consider him one of the two most important Spanish
painters of his time, second only to Francisco José de
Goya y Lucientes.... 

"In 1814 López was called to the court of Ferdinand
VII, the Spanish king, and received a royal
appointment. Shortly thereafter he was jointly
appointed first court painter along with Goya. He
spent the remainder of his life in Madrid painting
portraits of statesmen, academics, and other important
figures, as well as dramatic and emotional religious
subjects."

http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a19439-1.html

And then there's ...

Vicente López y Planes

"1784–1856, Argentine statesman and poet. He served
(1806–7) under Jacques de Liniers against the British
invaders. After the resignation of Rivadavia, he
became (1827) provisional president of the United
Provinces of La Plata. He was a minister under Dorrego
and a prominent jurist under Juan Manuel de Rosas.
After the fall of Rosas, López y Planes was made
(1852) governor of Buenos Aires prov. Outstanding
among his poems are Triunfo argentino, a ballad
celebrating the successful Argentine defense against
the British, and a war song commemorating the triumph
of the revolution, which was adopted as the national
hymn in 1813. He was the father of Vicente Fidel
López."

http://www.bartleby.com/65/lo/LopezyPl.html

And see as well here ...

http://www.historiadelpais.com.ar/planes.htm

http://168.83.21.26/olimpi97/Literatura-Argentina/Autores/L%C3%B3pez%20Planes/L%C3%B3pez.htm

There seems to be a suburb of Bueno Aires named after
him as well.  But here's the likeliest suspect ...

"El Deismero was the title of Don Josef Vicente Lopez
de Herrera who along with his three sons and Gregorio
Farias had been granted the Barranco Blanco Land Grant
in 1806 by the King of Spain. In the year 1806, a
formal survey of Barranco Blanco was requested by the
attorney Don Juan Cos Martines, a Merchant of the City
of Reynosa, acting in behalf Don Vicente Lopez de
Herrera, his three sons Don Josef Vicente, Don Joaquin
and Don Mariano, and in behalf of Don Gregorio
Valentin Farias, all of the settlement of Refugio
(present day Matamoros) within the Colony of New
Santander, dated February 27, 1805. Don Vicente and
Don Gregorio Farias in their formal land grant request
to the king stated that they had already lived on the
land and had protected it from foreigners for a period
of eight years."

http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/acknowledge.htm

Land Grants of 1767

"In 1767, formal allocation of the land on both sides
of the Rio Grande and on the east side of Rio San Juan
were made to 111 families. Porcion (portion) one was
granted to Gregorio Valentin Farias and portion two to
his older brother Pedro Ignacio Farias...."

[...]

Barranco Blanco

"In the year 1806, a formal survey of Barranco Blanco
was requested by the attorney Don Juan Cos Martines, a
Merchant of the City of Reynosa, acting in behalf Don
Vicente Lopez de Herrera, his three sons Don Josef
Vicente, Don Joaquin and Don Mariano, and in behalf of
Don Gregorio Valentin Farias [...]. Don Vicente and
Don Gregorio Farias requested formal grants from the
king since they had lived on the land for a period of
eight years prior to the request. Official documents
about this Spanish Land Grant and others can be found
at the Corpus Christi Land Office, Volumes A, B, C and
D.

"The portion of land to which Don Vicente Lopez de
Herrera and sons, and Don Gregorio Farias laid claim
had been inhabited by them since the 1797. There is
clear indication that Don Vicente Lopez de Herrera was
assigned duties as tax collector. He was a native of
the Kingdom of Castile, Administrator of the Tithes of
the Town of Reynosa, and a resident of the settlement
of Refugio. In his request for the land grant, on
behalf of himself, his sons, and his mayordomo, Don
Gregorio Farias, a Corporal in the Camargo Militia. In
his formal request, he elaborated into great detail
about living conditions and hardships he and his
family had endured. An excerpt of his written request
follows ..."

http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/FranciscoIgnacioFarias.htm

http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/lndgts.htm

http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/nueceslg.htm

I'm forwarding this post to the site's proprietor as
well, hoping for some recommended reading ...

http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/bibliography.htm

We're discussing Thomas Pynchon's novel, Mason & Dixon
here, Sr. Rodriguez.  The surveying connection, no
doubt.  By the way, can anybody translate "El
Deismero" for us?  Thanks ...

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