21Gutierrez diary, December 27, 1811: ". . . Today I have seen
rejoicing because Señor Alvarez de Toledo has come from Philadelphia;
he is a man of great talents, and passionately devoted to the cause of
the liberty of Mexico; up to the present time he has worked much to
this end; his merit therein is great and worthy of recompense and ad-
vancement in the cause, at the hands of that nation. The discourses of
this gentleman are admirably great and just." American
Historical
Review,
XXXIV, 76.
