Jacobo Lonergan to Citizen, December 24, 1867

[Translation.]

Sir: Your official communication of the 21st instant has been delivered to us to-day. In it you have been pleased to inform us of the disposition of the supreme government with regard to the English convention, and we are directed to immediately deliver into the general treasury of the nation the funds which Mr. Glennie deposited in our house, appointing us at the same time agents ad interim of the said convention.

We do not doubt that the supreme government, comprehending the embarrassing position in which we have been placed by the dispositions of the citizen President, will not take it amiss if, before complying with the order that has been addressed to us, we take the opportunity to call a meeting of all the creditors, in order that they may be informed of the terms of the said supreme order which has now been communicated to us.

We shall do this with all the haste which the urgency of the case requires, and in the mean time, protesting our respect and consideration.

We are, &c.,