Lerdo de Tejada to Citizen Matias Romero, Envoy Extraordinary and, December 23, 1866

[Translation.]

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND GOVERNMENT—AMERICAN SECTION—No. 413.

Paso del Norte, December 23, 1866.

I send you the copy of a note which I address to-day to the consul of the republic in San Francisco, Upper California, in relation to the order of the 11th of October previous, published in the papers of that city, issued by General I. McDowell, commander of the department of California, prohibiting the passage of armed forces, and arms and munitions, to either of the belligerents, over the Arizona border, or through Lower California, in Mexico.

For fear that you may not have received the consul’s communications on the subject, I send you this copy to use as you please, to the greatest advantage.

Accept my attentive consideration.