Box 1
Contains 124 Results:
Letter: Jesús González Ortega, Presidio del Norte, Texas, to Benito Juárez, no place, 1865 December 15
Ortega shares his ideas on the future of Mexico.
Letter: Guillermo Prieto, "F.C.", to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 5
Concerning letters received from Juárez.
Letter: Francisco Naranjo, Villa Aldama, Mexico, to Miguel Negrete, no place, 1866 February 7
Retained copy of a letter. An angry response to a letter by Negrete regarding political views. It declares him to be an enemy of the nation.
Letter: Francisco Naranjo, Villa Aldama, Mexico, to Miguel Negrete, no place, 1866 February 7
Retained copies of two letters. News of traitors, military reports of action in Mexico.
Letter: Rafael Huerta, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 20
Offers support for Ortega's protest of the 8 November 1865 decree.
Letter: Tomas Lopez, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, 1866 February 20
Protest of Juárez's decree of 30 November 1865.
Letter: Epitacio Huerta, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, 1866 February 20
On the response to Juárez's decree of 8 November 1865.
Manuscript: Joaquin Villalobos et al, 1866 February 20
Titled "Declaration by Mexican Citizens in New York to withhold recognition of the takeover by Maximilian". The document is signed by several Ortega supporters, including Joaquin Villalobos, Colonel Juan Togno, Carlos Dufeau, J. Rivera, Juan N. Enriquez Orestes and Joaquin G. Ortega, Ortega's brother.
Letter: Joaquin Villalobos, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 22
His own protest of the actions of Benito Juárez and the 8 November decree.
Letter: Felipe B. Berriozábal, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 23
Elaborate response to the actions of Juárez, which he seems to support.
Letter: Leandro Cuevas, "S.C.", to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 23
Justifies his response to the 8 November 1865 decree. This letter was later published in English translation in "Papers relating to the foreign affairs accompanying the annual message of the president of the second session, thirty-ninth congress (Washington D.C.: 1867) 3:, page 451".
Letter: Francisco Zarco, New York, New York, to Jesús González Ortega, no place, 1866 February 23
Zarco justifies his response to the 8 November 1865 decree.
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.