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Manuscript re Washington Carroll Tevis, 1857-1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Copies of documents or document excerpts referencing the American-born soldier of fortune Washington Carroll Tevis, translated into Spanish.
Dates:
1857-1865
Letter: Epitacio Huerta, Paris, France, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1864 July 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Concerning Mexican prisoners and their treatment by France.
Dates:
1864 July 15
Letter: Tomas Lopez, Paris, France, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1864 July 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Lopez writes about his imprisonment after being captured by the French.
Dates:
1864 July 16
Letter: Fernando Pousel, San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 February 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Long rationalization of his support for the reform movement.
Dates:
1865 February 5
Letter: Tomás Cordero Luza, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1865 March 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Mentions General Negrete mustering 2,200 men.
Dates:
1865 March 2
Letter: Francisco Abreu, Fort Union, New Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Comments on relations with the United States, and Abreu's loyalty to Juárez.
Dates:
1865 April 8
Letter: Manuel Querada, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Has little to comment on the decree of Monterey.
Dates:
1865 April 20
Letter: Matías Romero, Washington, D.C., to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 27
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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The Mexican minister to the United States welcomes Ortega to the country, and forwards him several letters he has held for him. He also invites Ortega to his home in Washington.
Dates:
1865 April 27
Letter: Juan Navarros, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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Letter of introduction for Dr. C. Wilson.
Dates:
1865 May 1
Letter: Adolfo dela Garza, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jesús González Ortega, Washington, D.C., 1865 May 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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Regarding the Sociedad de Colonizacion para la Republica Mexicana (Mexican Colonization Society), a group of Union veterans seeking to settle in Mexico following the American Civil War. The letter has enclosed extracts on the aims of the society, a list of members, and two copies of the "Prospectus of the Mexican Colonization Society", one in English and another in Spanish.
Dates:
1865 May 4
Letter: Dr. William Fields, Wilmington, Delaware, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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Fields offers to sell the rights to his method of making gunpowder.
Dates:
1865 May 10
Letter: Nicholas Nolan, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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Offers to sell six cases containing 600,000 gun caps at a price of $1.05 per thousand.
Dates:
1865 May 12
Letter: Jona Hall, Watertown, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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Responding to Ortega's call for discharged Union army officers to fight in Mexico.
Dates:
1865 May 12
Letter: Pedro Ogazon, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 17
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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Mentions important negotiations regarding Mexico, but little information available.
Dates:
1865 May 17
Letter: Rodolfo Hinz, London, Great Britain, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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Hinz, a naturalized citizen of England from Stettin, Prussia, offers his services to the reformist cause as a lover of liberty.
Dates:
1865 May 24
Letter: Comte de Monieri, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 29
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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Monieri states that he is ready to offer his services to Ortega, if Ortega can provide assurances.
Dates:
1865 May 29
Letter: Francisco Nye & H. Patrullo, Chicago, Illinois, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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Discusses efforts to raise soldiers for the cause among immigrants, using newspaper advertisements.
Dates:
1865 June 5
Letter: Ignacio Altamirano, Acapulco, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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Congratulates Ortega on his work in New York, and offers news of his own work in Acapulco, as well as information about prisoners of Belgian descent from the imperial war.
Dates:
1865 June 9
Letter: Edward A. Mamere, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 13
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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Offers to construct a submarine that can sink any vessel for $3,000.
Dates:
1865 June 13
Letter: Adolf Meyer, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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Meyer offers his services in the cause of the free government, as military surgeon to examine newly mustered troops.
Dates:
1865 June 16
Letter: W. J. Hadden, Jersey City, New Jersey, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 23
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
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Hadden mentions he is actively engaged in mustering men to go to Mexico. He asks for permission to proceed and for a commission in the army.
Dates:
1865 June 23
Letter: Ramon Díaz, Havanna, Cuba, to Matías Romero, no place, 1865 July 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
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Request to pay $127 to Miguel de Embil. Countersigned by Miguel de Embil and Antonio de F. Izquierdo.
Dates:
1865 July 12
Letter: Plácido Vega, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 July 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
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Letter of introduction for Julio Valade.
Dates:
1865 July 15
Letter: Guillermo Prieto, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 July 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
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Plans for invasion.
Dates:
1865 July 20
Letter: C. P. Fisher, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
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Offers to provide a publication about Mexico to generate support for the cause, and requests $1,800 to $2,000 for it.
Dates:
1865 August 10
Letter: A. Lozano, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
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Mentions generals Vega, and Sanchez Ochoa.
Dates:
1865 August 18
Letter: Ignacio Altamirano, Acapulco, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Discusses Juan Grayson, Guadalupe Gallardo, and their comrades at Michoacán.
Dates:
1865 August 25
Letter: A. Lozano, "Aboard John Gohm y Samuel", to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 September 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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Discusses General Plácido Vega and war materials being shipped to Mexico.
Dates:
1865 September 9
Letter: J. R. Perez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 September 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
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Offers to help raise troops in Philadelphia for the cause.
Dates:
1865 September 24
Letter: Guillermo Prieto, no place, to Benito Juárez, no place, 1865 October 1-2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
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Correspondence between Prieto and Juárez, written on the same pieces of paper. They include protestations of loyalty and discuss Ortega.
Dates:
1865 October 1-2