Letter

[Untitled], June 9, 1866.

Author

EDUARDO MUZQUIZ, Secretary of the State Government

Date

June 9, 1866

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 3.

[Untitled]

Monclova, June 9, 1866.

General: Dr. Simon Blanco, of this city, addressed me a letter on the 1st of May last, asking if the French prisoners taken at Santa Isabel could be exchanged; he also sent me two hundred dollars, which I sent to the chief of the staff, in your name, to be delivered to Lieutenant Montier. I enclose you a receipt for the $200 sent to Montier.

About the exchange of prisoners, I have to inform you that I have submitted the proposals to the general government, that will decide upon them.

I do not reply to Mr. Blanco, because I have resolved to have no communication with men who have denied their country, and deserted it in the day of its misfortune. So I address you as a worthy enemy, deserving mv private esteem and consideration.

A. S. VIEZCA.

General Douay, Saltille.

Monclova, June 17, 1866.

A true copy:

EDUARDO MUZQUIZ, Secretary of the State Government.

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.