Letter
BOUTWELL, Secretary of the Treasury to M. H. Grinnell, May 14, 1869
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Grinnell, collector.
Treasury Department, Washington, May 14, 1869.
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 at your port under suspicious circumstances. You will please exercise special vigilance to prevent the sailing of any vessel from your port in violation of law, and keep the Department fully advised respecting the matter.
I am, very respectfully,
GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary of the Treasury.
M. H. Grinnell, Esq., Collector of Customs.
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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.