Benito Juárez letter : Chihuahua, Mexico, to Antonio Ochoa, [Mexico], 1865 Jan. 31.

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Benito Juárez letter : Chihuahua, Mexico, to Antonio Ochoa, [Mexico], 1865 Jan. 31.

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Manuscript letter (1 p.) concerning military dispositons of the Mexican Army of Independence and the French troops of the Emperor Maximillian. Juárez was in opposition at this time operating out of the city of Chihuahua. "The French who are between La Barca and Los Presidios do not number more than 500 men." Also includes typescript English translation of letter. Steel engraving print (approximately 6 x 10 in.) portrait of Benitez seated in a chair with his signature below it and subtitled: "from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. Johnson, Wilson, & Co. Publishers New York."

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