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Hurricane victims in Matamoros. Communication of the consul in New 
Orleans. 1844. 
Report by the governor of Coahuila that the United States has begun to 
colonize the frontier opposite Paso de Pachula. 1849. 
News of the death of President Taylor. Report by the vice-consul at 
New Orleans. 1850. 
News of the Mexican vessel Neptune at Brazos de Santiago with war 
supplies. Report by the consul at Brownsville. 1852. 
Recognition of negroes in Mexico as citizens of the United States. Com- 
munication of the minister of the United States in Mexico. 1854. 
The death of Daniel Webster announced by the American minister. 1852. 
Establishment of an American fort at Tucson. Communication from the 
consul at Franklin, transmitted by the Mexican legation in Wash- 
ington. 1856. 
Fire in Brownsville. Report by the consul. 1857. 
Political situation in the United States. Communication from the U. S. 
minister in Mexico to the minister of relations. 
Observation of Washington’s birthday. Several communications from 
the U. S. minister. 1858-1868. 
Death of Lincoln. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 
1865. 
The opening of Brownsville to commerce. Correspondence with the lega- 
tion in Washington. 1865. 
Hurricane in Brownsville. Communication of the consul. 1869. 
The national cemetery at Gettysburg. Invitation to the Mexican legation 
to participate in laying the cornerstone. 1865. 7 
Mail line between New Orleans and Mexican ports; change of port of 
entry to Texas. Correspondence with the legation in Washington. 
1871. 
Mission of Rufus C. Hopkins to Mexico to examine official records of 
land grants within the United States under the Mexican régime. 
1873-1874. 
(Resolution of the U. S. Senate, Feb. 3, 1873. Nelson, the U. S. minister, 
introduced Hopkins, who was sent to the Archivo General y Publico. 
On Mar. 22, 1873, F. P. de Urquide, director of the archive, reported that 
he had examined in detail the section of Provincias Internas, and the in- 
dices of the sections “ Tierras ”, “ Mercedes ”, etc., but had found nothing 
relating to land grants in the United States. He added that since all 
of the country north of Zacatecas depended in “lo judicial” on the 
Audiencia of Guadalajara, the documents desired should be found 
there, unless destroyed by the fire of 1858. In 1874 inquiry was made at 
Guadalajara. The notary (escribano) in charge of the Oficio de Hipote- 
cas reported (May 20) that in the archive of the extinguished Juzgado 
Privado de Tierras he had found nothing on the subject, but that he 
had found titles for Sonora and Sinaloa, which probably included some 
for Arizona and New Mexico. The archivero of the Supreme Tribunal 
of Justice reported (July 1) that he had been unable to find anything, 
although he had examined all the records with care.) 
Collection of U. S. government publications remitted by the legation in 
Washington. 1874-1879. 
Caja 1879-1883. 
Boundaries of Texas. Correspondence with the consul in San Antonio. 
1870. 
Emigration to Arizona from the United States. Correspondence with the 
legation in Washington and the consul at San Antonio. 1879. 
