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where we ought to apply for the payment of six thousand dollars due to us for the-work we performed in the preservation of the body of the Archduke Maximilian, which was intrusted to us.
«At the same time we beg of you to be the worthy channel through which we may present to the Supreme Government the most sincere expression of our gratitude for the confidence it reposed on us in committing the said commission to our charge.
«We offer to you the assurances of our respectful consideration.
«Independence and Liberty. Mexico, November 21st 1867.—I. Alvarado.—Rafael Montaño Ramiro.—A. Andrade.—To the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior."
«The President of the Republic has ordered, in conformity with the petition of Doctors Ignacio Alvarado, Rafael Montaño Ramiro, and Agustin Andrade that the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) be paid to each one of them as fees for their work in the preservation of the body of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria, which was intrusted to them by the Supreme Government.
«I communicate this to you so that you may issue the necessary orders.
"Independence and Liberty. México, November 23rd 1867.—Lerdo de Tejada.—To the Secretary of the Treasury."
«The President of the Republic has ordered that two hundred and fifteen dollars, seventy-nine cents ($215 79) be paid to Doctor Ignacio Alvarado, as balance of the expenses incurred in this city for the preservation and delivery of the body of the Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
«I communicate this to you so that you may be pleased to issue the necessary order, charging said sum to the account of general expenses of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
