Box 1
Contains 124 Results:
Manuscript re Washington Carroll Tevis, 1857-1865
Copies of documents or document excerpts referencing the American-born soldier of fortune Washington Carroll Tevis, translated into Spanish.
Letter: Epitacio Huerta, Paris, France, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1864 July 15
Concerning Mexican prisoners and their treatment by France.
Letter: Tomas Lopez, Paris, France, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1864 July 16
Lopez writes about his imprisonment after being captured by the French.
Letter: Fernando Pousel, San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 February 5
Long rationalization of his support for the reform movement.
Letter: Tomás Cordero Luza, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1865 March 2
Mentions General Negrete mustering 2,200 men.
Letter: Francisco Abreu, Fort Union, New Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 8
Comments on relations with the United States, and Abreu's loyalty to Juárez.
Letter: Manuel Querada, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 20
Has little to comment on the decree of Monterey.
Letter: Matías Romero, Washington, D.C., to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 April 27
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.
Letter: Juan Navarros, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 1
Letter of introduction for Dr. C. Wilson.
Letter: Adolfo dela Garza, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jesús González Ortega, Washington, D.C., 1865 May 4
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.
Letter: Dr. William Fields, Wilmington, Delaware, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 10
Fields offers to sell the rights to his method of making gunpowder.
Letter: Nicholas Nolan, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 12
Offers to sell six cases containing 600,000 gun caps at a price of $1.05 per thousand.
Letter: Jona Hall, Watertown, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 12
Responding to Ortega's call for discharged Union army officers to fight in Mexico.
Letter: Pedro Ogazon, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 17
Mentions important negotiations regarding Mexico, but little information available.
Letter: Rodolfo Hinz, London, Great Britain, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 24
Hinz, a naturalized citizen of England from Stettin, Prussia, offers his services to the reformist cause as a lover of liberty.
Letter: Comte de Monieri, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 May 29
Monieri states that he is ready to offer his services to Ortega, if Ortega can provide assurances.
Letter: Francisco Nye & H. Patrullo, Chicago, Illinois, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 5
Discusses efforts to raise soldiers for the cause among immigrants, using newspaper advertisements.
Letter: Ignacio Altamirano, Acapulco, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 9
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.
Letter: Edward A. Mamere, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 13
Offers to construct a submarine that can sink any vessel for $3,000.
Letter: Adolf Meyer, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 16
Meyer offers his services in the cause of the free government, as military surgeon to examine newly mustered troops.
Letter: W. J. Hadden, Jersey City, New Jersey, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 June 23
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.
Letter: Ramon Díaz, Havanna, Cuba, to Matías Romero, no place, 1865 July 12
Request to pay $127 to Miguel de Embil. Countersigned by Miguel de Embil and Antonio de F. Izquierdo.
Letter: Plácido Vega, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 July 15
Letter of introduction for Julio Valade.
Letter: Guillermo Prieto, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 July 20
Plans for invasion.
Letter: C. P. Fisher, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 10
Offers to provide a publication about Mexico to generate support for the cause, and requests $1,800 to $2,000 for it.
Letter: A. Lozano, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 18
Mentions generals Vega, and Sanchez Ochoa.
Letter: Ignacio Altamirano, Acapulco, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 August 25
Discusses Juan Grayson, Guadalupe Gallardo, and their comrades at Michoacán.
Letter: A. Lozano, "Aboard John Gohm y Samuel", to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 September 9
Discusses General Plácido Vega and war materials being shipped to Mexico.
Letter: J. R. Perez, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1865 September 24
Offers to help raise troops in Philadelphia for the cause.
Letter: Guillermo Prieto, no place, to Benito Juárez, no place, 1865 October 1-2
Correspondence between Prieto and Juárez, written on the same pieces of paper. They include protestations of loyalty and discuss Ortega.