Juan José Baz to Marcus Otterbourg, June 27, 1867

Señor Baz to Mr. Otterbourg

By express order from headquarters I have the honor to declare to you that, although in the belief that there is no obligation to indemnify the injuries caused in this city by the fire upon it during the late siege, be who he may the person who has suffered thereby, nevertheless, and merely as a proof of the sympathy which the Mexican government entertains for the people of the United States and whatever pertains to them, the citizen general-in-chief of the army of the east has thought proper to accord that you have the goodness to direct the injuries caused thereby in the American cemetery to be repaired, and remit to this office the bill of expenses for immediate payment.

Independence and liberty!