DE LA PEŅA TO HUGHES, NOVEMBER 24, 1900

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November 24, 1900.

Gen. R. P. Hughes, Iloilo, P. I.

SIR: I hereby certify that I am the head of the insurrection on the Island of Panay; that I have been the headquarters for furnishing money and arms for the insurgent cause; that in the future I promise allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will do all in my power to aid you to establish peace in this island. Also, that I send this letter of my own free will and accord.

AUGUSTIN DE LA PENA.

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A true copy.

C. M. BROWNELL,
Late Captain, Twenty-Sixth Infantry, U. S. Volunteers.