[4][5] As a lawyer, he worked in the Havana district of the Real Audiencia, which was the highest judicial body in Spanish colonies, including Cuba.

[12] On April 27, 1867, the Cuban delegation's hearings concluded with the Ministry of Overseas (Spanish: Junta Informativa de Ultramar) rejecting all reform proposals and subsequently imposing a higher tax.

[17] At Berrocal in Artemisa, Morales Lemus was appointed as Envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States by President Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.

[18] On April 15, 1869, Captain General Domingo Dulce ordered an embargo on the property of Morales Lemus and 15 others, including Nestor Ponce de Leon and José María Mora, for aiding the insurrection.

[22] When the Junta issued a 100-peso bond on June 1, 1869, to fund the Cuban uprising against Spanish colonial rule, it was signed by Morales Lemus.