MARCUS OTTERBOURG, United States Consul to D. Porfirio Diaz, June 5, 1867

Mr. Otterbourg to Señor Diaz

Your Excellency: Mr. A. Dano, minister from France, having manifested to the consul of the United States his desire to leave the capital, at the request of that gentleman and complying with a duty in view of the relations between the United States and the constitutional government of Mexico, I beg that your excellency will be pleased, should you think it proper, to remit by the gentleman charged with the delivery of this note, a safe-conduct which shall allow Mr. Dano to pass, accompanied by his secretary, through the lines of the besieging force as far as Tacubaya, where he can better adopt his ulterior means.

And on communicating it to your excellency, I avail myself of the occasion to protest the assurances of my highest consideration.