Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress

[Unofficial.]

Mr. Frederick W. Seward to Señor Romero

Department of State, Washington, September 20, 1866.

Dear Sir: I have noticed in a St. Louis newspaper 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. If you should have received any information upon this subject, I will thank you for it.

I am, very truly, yours,

F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary.

Señor Don M. Romero, &c., &c., &c.