Serie. Primera. 251 
Caja 1857-1861. | 
Correspondence relative to the purchase of arms in the United States. 
Note from the Mexican minister in Washington to the Secretary of State, 
with respect to an item published in New York relative to the 
__ enlistment of men in New York in the service of Mexico. 1857. 
Trial (Causa) of the ministers of Santa Anna’s administration ; clipping 
containing answer by Gen. Scott to the charges of Gen. Pillow. 
June, 1857. 
Designs aietain expelled Americans to appropriate a part of California. 
1856. 
- Commission of José Maria Mata to secure the recognition of the Juarez 
government and to establish friendly relations. Mar., 1858. 
Protest against the exploitation of the guano beds on the Isla de Arenas 
by an American vessel. Dec., 1850. 
Protest against the recognition by the United States of the Juarez govern- 
ment. Apr., 1859. 
Circular to agents in America ordering them to prevent General Tomas 
Marin from getting supplies. 1860. 
| Capture of the vessels of Tomas Marin by the Santiago. Feb., 1860. 
Caja 1862-1867. 
Various expedientes belonging to the archive of Gobernacion. 
Circulars to the diplomatic and consular corps. 
Purchase of arms in the United States: contract of John L. Green, 1863 ; 
contract of J. L. Wallace, 1864; commission of Gen. Placida Vega, 
1864 ; and other contracts. 
Celebration of the anniversary of Mexican independence in New York. 
1864. 
Protest against a rumored plan of the United States to buy Mexican ter- 
ritory. Correspondence with the U. S. legation in Mexico. 1864- 
1865. 7 
Id. against the recognition of Maximilian by the United States. 1864. 
Location of Puerto de Libertad. Correspondence with the consul in San 
Francisco. 1866. 
Proposal of a coaling station at Manzanillo for the United States. Corre- 
spondence with the legation in Washington. 1866. 
Caja 1868-1871. 
Purchase of armament in the United States. 
Correspondence with the legation in Washington and with various 
consuls. 
Letters of Felix de Zuloaga concerning revolutionary plans against Mex- 
ico ; also correspondence with the consul in New Orleans. 1869. 
Revolution headed by Fernando Canales. Correspondence with the con- 
sul at Brownsville. 1860. 
Proposal of James S. Hoyt, in the name of Benjamin W. Hartshorne, 
relative to construction of improvements at the mouth of the Rio 
Colorado. Correspondence with the U.S. legation in Mexico. 1870. 
Closure of the port of Bahia de Magdalena. Correspondence of the con- 
sul at San Francisco. 1871. 
Caja 1868-1877. 
Commerce in the ports of the Pacific. Correspondence with the consul at 
San Francisco. 1872. 
American invasion in 1866 at Rosa del Rio. Correspondence in 1873. 
