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huahua ; Sr. Lic. D. Salado Alvarez, formerly secretary of the Mexican Lega- 
tion in Washington ; Sr. Tomas Alarcon, paleographer in the Archivo General 
y Publico; Rev. Father Salvador, deceased, guardian of the College of 
Santa Cruz de Querétaro; Rev. Father Luis del Palacio, guardian of the 
College of Guadalupe de Zacatecas ; Sr. Baz, Sr. Luis Rubio, and Sr. Justino 
Rubio, jr., now or formerly officials in the Archivo General y Publico; Sr. 
Elias Amador, of Tacubaya, by whose side the author worked many weeks in 
the archives ; Sr. D. Enrique Fernandez Granados, of the Biblioteca Nacional ; 
Sr. Lic. D. Luis Pérez Verdia, of Guadalajara; Sr. Felipe Camarena, en- 
cargado of the Archivo de Relaciones Exteriores ; Sr. Capt. D. Juan Salazar, 
encargado of the Archivo de Guerra; Sr. D. Manuel Tolsa, encargado of that 
of Fomento; Sr. D. Melesio Arteaga, encargado of that of Gobernacion, 
Mexico; Sr. Juan Bosque, encargado of the state archive of Coahuila, Saltillo ; 
Sr. Francisco Gutiérrez Aleman, eucargado of the Archivo del Arzobispado 
of Guadalajara. 
For official courtesies acknowledgments are due to His Excellency, Gen. 
Porfirio Diaz, president of the Republic of Mexico; the Hon. Sr. Lic. Ramon 
Corral, vice-president; the Hon. Sr. Lic. Ignacio Mariscal (deceased), min- 
ister of Relaciones Exteriores ; the Hon. Sr. D. José Algara, sub-secretary of 
Relaciones Exteriores; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D. Justo Sierra, minister of In- 
struccién Publica y Bellas Artes; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D, Olegario Molina, min- 
ister of Fomento; the Hon. Sr. Ing. Leandro Fernandez, minister of Co- 
municaciones y Obras Publicas; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D. José Ives Limantour, 
minister of Hacienda; the Hon. Sr. Gen. Manuel Gonzalez Cosio, minister of 
Guerra y Marina; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D. Miguel Cardenas, governor of Coa- 
huila; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D. Miguel Ahumada, governor of Guadalajara; the 
Hon. Sr. Lic. D. Alberto Cubillas, governor of Sonora; the Hon. Sr. Lic. D. 
Ignacio L. Montenegro, president of the Ayuntamiento of Guadalajara; Sr. 
Lic. D. Ignacio Castro, secretario del Gobierno del Estado, Zacatecas. 
For letters of introduction or official courtesies the author is indebted to 
His Excellency Mer. José Ridolfi, titular bishop of Apamea, apostolic delegate 
to Mexico; His Grace the Rt. Rev. Prospero Maria Alarcén, archbishop of 
Mexico (deceased) ; His Grace the Rt. Rev. José de Jesus, archbishop of 
Guadalajara; His Grace the Rt. Rev. Dr. Leopoldo Ruiz, archbishop of 
Linares, Monterrey ; the Rt. Rev. Maria Echavarria, bishop of Zacatecas ; the 
Rev. Father Angel de los Dolores Tizcarefio, ex-guardian of the College of 
Guadalupe de Zacatecas; Rev. Father Rafael Hernandez, guardian of the 
College of Zapopan; Rev. Father Juan C. Gallegos, Convento de San Fran- 
cisco, Guadalajara; Rev. Father Joaquin Rodriguez, vice-provincial of the 
Dominicans, Convento de Santo Convento de Santo Domingo, Mexico ; Canon 
Rafael de Lara, secretariat of the archbishopric of Guadalajara; Rev. José 
Villarreal, curate of Matamoros; Rev. Crescencio Navarro, curate of 
Camargo; Rev. José S. Cisneros, curate of Reynosa. 
HERBERT E. Botton. 
