Mr. Otterbourg to Mr. F. W. Seward
No. 15.]
Legation of the United States,
Mexico,
September 9, 1867.
Sir: I had inadvertently neglected to advise
the department that in consequence of the receipt of a telegram,
enclosure No. 1, signed by several ladies, of
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the most respectable families of Queretaro, I
addressed the minister for foreign affairs an unofficial communication,
enclosure No. 2, to which his excellency’s reply is enclosure No. 3.
The tone of my note to his excellency was adopted in reference to the
failure of official intercession directed to the citizen President in
behalf of General O’Horan, of which the department has been informed in
a former despatch.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. F. W. Seward,
Assistant Secretary of State, Washington, D.
C.
[Unofficial.]
Mr. Otterbourg to Señor Lerdo de Tejada
Legation of the United States,
Mexico,
August 28, 1868.
The undersigned has the honor to enclose a copy of a telegram,
received at half-past 7 o’clock this morning, and to request that if
his excellency the minister for foreign affairs regards the
signatures thereto attached worthy of consideration, he present the
same with his recommendation to the President of the republic.
With assurance of esteem and consideration,
His Excellency Sebastian Lerdo de
Tejada,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government
of the United Mexican States.
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Telegram from
Queretaro, August 27, 1867, received
in the city of Mexico at 8½ p. m. of
the same day.
For the name of the great friendship between our countries, we
implore you to ask the President to pardon M. Severo Castillo.
CELVA DE ARTEAGA.
JOSEFINO RUBIO.
NICOLASA DE QUARTE.
DOLORES DE FRANCA.
CAROLINA NAVARRETE.
GUADALUPE JUNUERA.
ILDEFONSO GUTIERREZ.
GREGORIA RODRIGUEZ.
TRINIDAD GOMEZ.
ILDEFONSO CANTARO.
ANTONIO COSIA.
JOSEFA SLATA.
CARMEN RUBIO.
JOAQUINA ESPINOS.
To the United States Minister.
[Non-official.]
Señor Lerdo de Tejada to Mr.
Otterbourg
Department of Relations,
City of Mexico,
August 28, 1867.
Sir: I have the honor to answer your
private communication of to-day in relation to a pardon to Mr.
Severo Castillo, who was sentenced by court-martial at Queretaro,
and inform you that the President of the republic has already
commuted the penalty from capital punishment.
Yours with regard,
To his Excellency Marcus Otterbourg,
&c., &c., &c.
