Letter
Cushing to John McKeon, April 25, 1855
Mr. Cushing, Attorney-General, to Mr. McKeon, district attorney.
Attorney-General’s Office, April 25, 1855.
Sir: The Secretary of State having referred me to your letter of the 24th instant, with its inclosures, I have taken the directions of the President on the subject, and in accordance therewith have to request you to institute legal proceedings against *Colonel Kinney and the steamer United States, provided, in, your judgment, the evidence accessible will suffice to afford probable cause. [179]
I have the honor to be, &c., &c.,
C. CUSHING.
John McKeon, Esq., United States District Attorney, New York.
P. S.—Since writing the above, I have seen the letter of Mr. Fabens in the New York Herald of yesterday, which seems to require that he be proceeded against equally with Colonel Kenney.
C. C.
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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.