No. 17. Second letter. [Translation.] Off the mouth of the Rio Grande, Frigate Magellan, November 9, 1865. General: I have the honor to inform you that some shot were fired…
No. 16. General Weitzel’s response. Headquarters District of the Rio Grande, Brownsville, Texas, November 10, 1865. Sir: I have received your communication of the 6th instant, and return it herewith,…
No. 15. [Untitled] The following is the correspondence between the American commander and the officer in command of the French fleet: First Letter. [Translation.] Naval Division of the Mexican Gulf,…
No. 14. [Untitled] Headquarters District of the Rio Grande, Brownsville, Texas, November 13, 1865. General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 9th instant,…
No. 12. [Translation.] MEXICAN IMPERIAL ARMY, DIVISION OF MEJIA—GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. Matamoras, November 9, 1865. General: I forward you enclosed copy of a communication, dated yesterday, sent to me by D. de…
No. 5. [Untitled] The following communication was addressed to General Steele by General Escobedo on the day of its date, and before the former had turned over his command to…
No. 3. [Translation.] MEXICAN REPUBLIC, DIVISION OF THE NORTH, GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. General: Nearly four years of a bloody contest to repel the form of government which the French invasion is trying…
No. 2. [Translation.] Mariano Escobedo, general of the Mexican republic, commanding division of the north, to his subordinates: Companions: In marching against the city of Matamoras I must tell you…
[Translation.] Mr. Romero to Mr. Seward Mexican Legation in the United States of America, Washington, December 18, 1865. Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to transmit to you, for the…
No. 4. [From the official paper of the constitutional government of the Mexican republic, Paso del Norte, November 9, 1865.—Translation.] Department of Foreign Relations and Government, Office of Government–Section first.…