Señor Romero to Mr. Frederick W. Seward
Dear Sir: In answer to your unofficial note of this date informing me that “you have noticed in a St. Louis paper a letter alleged to be from some point on the frontier, stating that the Marquis de Montholon, who is supposed to be a son of the French minister here, had been taken prisoner in the State of Durango, and shot by his captors,” and asking me to communicate to you any information I might have received upon the subject, I have to say that I have received, as yet, no information on the matter. Should I receive any, I will be very glad to transmit it to you. If it should be agreeable to you I will ask home for reliable information about that intelligence.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. Frederick W. Seward, &c., &c., &c.