Letter

Cridland to Colonel Garner, June 8, 1863

[Enclosure 2 in No. 3.]

Acting Consul Cridland to Colonel Garner.

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 7th instant, informing me that the major general commanding has directed you to revoke the letter issued from your headquarters on the 2d instant, addressed to the provost marshal of Mobile, Alabama, recognizing me as acting British consul; further, directing me to suspend the exercise of all consular functions.

Due notice is taken of the major general’s instructions and request.

I am, &c.,

FRED. J. CRIDLAND.
Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗
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 Thirty-eighth.