Letter

BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury to H. D. Moore, May 14, 1869

[56] *[Inclosure.]

Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Moore, Collector.

Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of a letter, under date of the 13th instant, from the Secretary of State, relative to representations made to him by the Spanish minister in regard to the alleged fitting out of certain steamers, under suspicious circumstances, at the ports of Philadelphia and Chester, in your district. You will please exercise special vigilance to prevent the sailing of any vessel from your port in violation of the neutrality act of April 20, 1818, and keep the Department fully advised respecting the matter.

I am, very respectfully,

GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
Secretary of the Treasury.

H. D. Moore, Esq., Collector of Customs, Philadelphia,

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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.