Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Restricted

Contains 124 Results:

Letter: Francisco Zarco, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

News of Juárez from the journalist and former Mexican secretary of state.

Dates: 1866 February 24

Letter: Epitacio Huerta, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents

Reactions to Juárez's decree of 8 November 1865 and how he lost his position as Governor of Michoacán.

Dates: 1866 February 26

Telegram: D. Cavero (?), San Antonio, Texas, to General Heurta (?), 1866 February 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

Written on America Telegraph Company form. Context is unclear.

Dates: 1866 February 28

Letter: Miguel Negrete, Brownsville, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents

Mentions a letter from Prieto and discusses Washington's promises to underwrite loans.

Dates: 1866 March 1

Letter: Miguel Negrete, Brownsville, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

Negrete mentions that events are occurring rapidly, and that newspapers claim Mexico is exchanging one imperial throne for another under the name of Juárez.

Dates: 1866 March 2

Letter: Leandro Cuevas, "S.C.", to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents

Cuevas argues for the maintenance of an established government.

Dates: 1866 March 5

Letter: Miguel Negrete, Brownsville, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents

News based on letters he has received, mentions skirmishes in the state of Michoacán.

Dates: 1866 March 8

Letter: Leon Varrios, Villa de Noriega, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 58
Scope and Contents

Supports Ortega's response to Juárez, and discusses the military response.

Dates: 1866 March 20

Letter: Leon Varrios, Villa de Noriega, Mexico, to Unidentified, no place, 1866 March 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 59
Scope and Contents

An authorization to pay Ortega for arms, munitions and clothing imported from the United States, along with a list of same.

Dates: 1866 March 20

Letter: Leon Varrios, Mier y Noriega, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 60
Scope and Contents

Letter concerning an order for arms and medicines and how to pay for them.

Dates: 1866 March 21

Letter: Unidentified, San Francisco, California, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 61
Scope and Contents

The author, in a telegram informs Ortega that he has "the war material to open a great campaign".

Dates: 1866 March 28

Letter: Jesús González Ortega & Díaz Martinez, New York, New York, to Unidentified, no place, 1866 March 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 62
Scope and Contents

Draft of a letter. Writes about the conspiracy to arrest Maximilian, and their reasons for attempting to overthrow the Mexican government.

Dates: 1866 March 29

Letter: Diaz Rafael Martinez, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 March 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 63
Scope and Contents

Speaking for the Mexican Society of Reformist Clergy in condemning the 8 November 1865 decree.

Dates: 1866 March 31

Letter: José María Carbajal & Francisco de Leon, Tamaulipas, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 April 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents

Letter transcription by Francisco de Leon. The governor and military commander of Tamaulipas responds, 17 February 1866, to a protest published by Ortega.

Dates: 1866 April 1

Letter: Miguel Ruelas, Zacatecas, Mexico, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 May 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 67
Scope and Contents

Information on the investigations in the city, and mentions that Ortega's wife Maria was in town the previous week.

Dates: 1866 May 4

Letter: Miguel Negrete, Brownsville, Texas, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 June 8

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents

Discusses news of opposition expressed in newspapers from Passia, Escobedo and Saavedra. Negrete also writes about the capitulation of Napoleon, Colonel Gomez and General Rivera.

Dates: 1866 June 8

Manuscript: Guillermo Prieto, et al: "Protest de los Mejicanos que suscriber contra la ingerencia de D. Antonio López de Santa Anna en los negocios de Mejico", 1866 June 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents

A protest against Santa Anna's efforts to raise an army from exile and retake Mexico, signed by Guillermo Prieto and other Mexican politicians.

Dates: 1866 June 10

Manuscript: Jose Maria Patomi, et al, Untitled, 1866 June 25

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents

Fair copy of a declaration, arguing for the legitimacy of the Liberal cause. Signed by Jose Maria Patomi, Fernando Pousel, Jose Maria Palacios and Guillermo Prieto. It mentions the attempts of Santa Anna to negotiate in New York.

Dates: 1866 June 25

Letter: Carlos Dufeau, New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 July 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 72
Scope and Contents

Mentions the generals Ayer, Sheridan and Carbajal, as well as news from Matamoros.

Dates: 1866 July 21

Conditions for the Establishment of a Bank, 1866 July 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents

A contract of "Conditions for the Establishment of a Bank" in the name of the Mexican Republic, with the endorsement of Jesús González Ortega.

Dates: 1866 July 24

Letter: Alfred A. Green, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 August 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

Forwarding a manuscript by Green concerning Ortega's petition to the U.S. Congress to guarantee Mexican bonds.

Dates: 1866 August 6

Letter: Jesús González Ortega, New York, New York, to "Sr. Dr.", no place, 1866 August 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents

Retained copy of a letter concerning the placement of Mexican funds in the United States.

Dates: 1866 August 24

Letter: Jesús González Ortega, "Metropolitan", to General John C. Fremont, no place, 1866 August 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents

Draft of a cover letter, enclosing a copy of a letter to Dr. McKee that is not in the collection.

Dates: 1866 August 24

Letter: McKee, William H., New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 August 27

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 77
Scope and Contents

McKee tells Ortega that the contract to set up the national bank in San Francisco is in force.

Dates: 1866 August 27