Scanned by:
Library of Congress
Notes:
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 5, 2008.
Depicted content:
- New York Times, “Highly Important from Mexico,” April 12, 1858
- New York Times, "Mexican News," February 5, 1859
- New York Times, "The News From Mexico," September 6, 1859
- The Mexican Treaty
- Important From Mexico
- Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez
- Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City
- The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico
- Liberal leader Benito Juárez returns to Mexico from exile in the US and the Caribbean
- President Buchanan appoints Robert McLane as minister to Mexico
- The United States recognizes the Liberal government of Benito Juarez in Mexico
- Angered at Washington's recognition of Juarez, the Conservative Government in Mexico expels all U.S. consular officers
Image type:
engraving
Courtesy of:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption:
Jaurez, President of Mexico
Source citation:
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress