Corona tanks Ochoa for subscribing to José María Vigil and Juan B. Hijar y Haro, Ensayo histórico del Ejército de Occidente (México: Ignacio Cumplido, 1871). He also reports the turbulent nature of politics in Guadalajara.
Corona expresses his pleasure that Ochoa also supports Juárez for president. He also reports on the peaceful transfer of the governorship from Antonio Gómez Cuervo to Jesús Leandro Camarena.
Corona expresses his thoughts on the presidential elections in June 1871, and declares his support for Benito Juárez rather than General José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori or Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Corral. He also asks Ochoa which candidate he supports in the election.
Corona reports rumors that soldiers defeated in battle at Villa de Union, Chihuahua, are organizing in the mountains of Morelos, and that he sent General Francisco Tolentino to pursue them.
Juárez acknowledges the petition on behalf of the estate of Juan Sepúlveda. He reports his arrival in Durango on December 26, 1866, and that he will soon travel to Zacatecas, He also reports Republican control of San Luis Potosí and Jalisco, while remnants of the Empire retain control of Guanajuato and Querétaro.
Juárez briefly discusses the recommendation by Ochoa of Ibarra. He also reports that the Republican government will soon return to Mexico City, and that troops under the command of General José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori will soon break the a siege of Querétaro.
Juárez reports his expectation that the remaining French troops will leave Guaymas in Sonora, and Mazatlán in Sinaloa. He adds that Ochoa should not worry about the arrival in Sinaloa of its former governor, General Don Plácido de la Vega Daza y Colon de Portugal, because Juárez ordered General Ramón Corona to take charge of all the military in the region.