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Letters from 1867

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Mariano Escobedo to The surrender took place on the 15th. A letter from San Luis, dated the 18th, says, “No one has yet been shot, and it is generally thought that none will be, in consequence of a request that has been made by the United States.” The whole number of prisoners taken with Maximilian was about 7,000 men, May 15, 1867

From Mariano Escobedo
To The surrender took place on the 15th. A letter from San Luis, dated the 18th, says, “No one has yet been shot, and it is generally thought that none will be, in consequence of a request that has been made by the United States.” The whole number of prisoners taken with Maximilian was about 7,000 men
May 15, 1867

Escobedo’s proclamation. Mariano Escobedo, general of division of the republic of Mexico and in chief of the army of the north, and commanding the troops operating upon Queretaro. Soldiers: To…

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Sinclair to Schooner Arietes, from Tampico on the 27th, arrived at Brazos on the 30th. The captain reports that at the time he left a fight was furiously raging between Gomez, who pronounced against Juarez, and Pavon, sent by Juarez to subdue him. Gomez, there is no doubt, will be subdued. Canales is at Tula and quiet. S, May 31, 1867

From Sinclair
To Schooner Arietes, from Tampico on the 27th, arrived at Brazos on the 30th. The captain reports that at the time he left a fight was furiously raging between Gomez, who pronounced against Juarez, and Pavon, sent by Juarez to subdue him. Gomez, there is no doubt, will be subdued. Canales is at Tula and quiet. S
May 31, 1867

[From the special correspondence of the Galveston News, dated Matamoras, May 31.] Important from Mexico–The prisoners all treated as prisoners of war. The empire is at an end; Maximilian and…

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