John Musser
Published: 2017-12-03
Total Pages: 112
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Excerpt from The Establishment of Maximilian's Empire in Mexico In January of 1861, Jecker was approached by an agent of the duc de Momy as he claims, and in return for a promise of thirty per cent of the profits, was taken under his powerful protection, naturalized as a Frenchman, and his claims urged by the French government to their great discredit. Dubois de Saligny especially, under preemptory instructions from his government, attempted to press the question to a settlement7 but the Juarez government refused to acknowledge the justice of the French claims, although they expressed their willingness to pay the sum actually expended, with five per cent interest thereon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.