Letter
A. A. Burton to John McDiarmed , Acting Volunteer Commander, October 29, 1865
Mr. Burton to Mr. McDearmid
Legation of the United States, Bogota, October 29, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to be informed by your communication, dated August 13, 1865, of your arrival at Aspinwall, in command of the United States steamer James Adger, in relief of Commander George Henry Preble, lately commanding the United States steamer State of Georgia, at that port, and of your readiness to lend your co-operation in the protection of American interests on the isthmus.
Thanking you for your timely information and offering my best co-operation in the duties with which you are commissioned, I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ALLAN A. BURTON.
John McDiarmed, Acting Volunteer Commander, Commanding U. S. Steamer James Adger, Aspinwall.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Thirty.