230 Mexico: Relaciones Exteriores 
Circular to the diplomatic agents abroad instructing them to secure aid, 
direct or indirect, for Mexico in case of hostilities with the United 
States. Jan. 20, 1854. 
Permit to H. Watson to enter Mexican territory with stock and with 
armed men for his defense. Apr. 18, 1854. 
“ Mexican Complaints.’’ Correspondence with diplomatic and consular 
agents concerning: 
Illegal gatherings of expelled Mexicans and strangers on the fron- 
tier. Note to Gadsden, June 30, 1854. 
Armed gathering between Brownsville and Davis. Note to Gadsden, 
Sept. 4, 1854. 
Procedure of Americans at Mesilla. Jd., Dec. 26, 1854. 
Passage of armed persons over the Rio Grande. J/d., Oct. 20, 1854. 
The sending of aid from New Orleans to the insurrectionists at 
Acapulco. Notes to the minister at Washington and the consul at 
New Orleans. May I1, 1855. 
The occupation of Mesilla by forces of the United States, Jan. 5, 
1855. 
Contraband trade and Indian depredations. Report by the governor 
sof Chihuahua. Sept. 4, 1855. 
Adventurers in Mexico; Texans at Piedras Negras. Reports of 
Sahtiago Vidaurri. Oct. 6 and 24, 1855. 
Gadsden to the minister of relations, transmitting a note to the Presi- 
dent relative to American aggressions and means to prevent them. 
Dec. 10, 1855. 
Complaints by the United States. Gadsden to the minister of relations 
relative to depredations by Seminoles and Lipans in Texas, insti- 
gated by Mexican authorities. Oct. 25, 1855. 
Boundaries. Report of the progress of the Mexican and the U. S. com- 
missioners. June 22, 1855. 
Caja 1856-1860. 
“ Filibustering.” An envelope of clippings on this subject from U. S. 
newspapers. 1856. 
Americans in the district of Altar. Communication of the governor of 
Sonora; correspondence with other local authorities and with 
Gadsden. 1855-1856. 
Differences between the pueblos of Senecti and Ysleta. Oftcio of the 
governor of Chihuahua, transmitted by the minister of govern- 
ment. Mar. 5, 1856. 
“Confederation and league of the Spanish-American States.” Corre- 
spondence with the legation in Washington, discussing the Walker 
expedition. 1856. About 20 ff. 
Complaints of Lipan disturbances in Nuevo Leon. Apr., 1856. 
Id., by the governor of Chihuahua, of violation of Mexican territory. 
Feb., 1857. 
Report of Yanez of a filibustering project against Sonora, headed by 
Henry A. Crabb. Feb. 20, 1857. Correspondence with U. S. 
minister John Forsyth. 1857. 
Permit to American soldiers to cross Mexican territory in the Gila 
country. 1857. 
