Letter
Abraham Lincoln to the minister of war, May 11, 1875
[Inclosure in 2 in No. 285.—Translation.]
The President to the minister of war.
Department of Foreign Affairs, (American Section,) Mexico, May 11, 1875.
Citizen Minister of War: The President orders that you will be pleased to communicate to the military commander of Matamoras, by telegraph, the following dispatch: “The American legation asks the extradition of Juan Flores, accused as the murderer of the American T. H. Swift, in June, 1874; If he has hot proved that he is a Mexican citizen, and there are facts which establish his guilt, you will ask the judge of Matamoras that he deliver the criminal in conformity with the treaty.”
“I communicate it to you for your compliance.”
Independence and liberty.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.