Letter

[Translation.], December 19, 1865

Author

JUAN VALDES, First Officer

Date

December 19, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 2.

[Translation.]

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND GOVERNMENT, OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT— SECTION FIRST.

The citizen President of the republic left the city of Chihuahua the 9th, and arrived here yesterday, where he has determined to fix the seat of the national government, for the time being.

It is unnecessary to repeat that the citizen President of the republic will always firmly maintain his resolution to sustain the cause of the independence and institutions of the republic, under all the vicissitudes of war, which are now decreasing, and the enemy’s resources will soon be exhausted by the constant struggle of the Mexican people, who are bound to triumph at no very distant period.

Independence and liberty! Paso del Norte, December 19, 1865.

LERDO DE TEJADA.

The Citizen Governor of the State of——.

A true copy:

JUAN VALDES, First Officer.

Paso del Norte, December 19, 1865.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.