Francisco Javier Leon to Rumsey Wing, August 22, 1873

Señor Leon to Mr. Wing.

The undersigned, minister of foreign affairs of Ecuador, has the honor to address his excellency, the minister resident of the United States of America, with the object of rectifying the idea contained in his communication of the 19th of the present month, as he did not remember at the time that other acts of violation of graves had occurred; but now having inspected the archives of this department, he has seen that in effect your excellency addressed the undersigned, notifying him that an act of this nature had occurred in the grave of Mr. Coggeshall, and that in consequence thereof the government of the undersigned used every measure in its power to discover and punish the culprits, as was communicated to your excellency on September 10, 1873.

Thus rectifying the idea alluded to, I am, &c.,