E.D. Townsend to E. V. Sumner, U.s. Army, July 25, 1861

Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: The colonel of ordnance has ordered 30,000 stand of arms, now in store on the Pacific, to be shipped to New York, as they are very much needed here. The General-in-Chief directs that you give every facility for executing this order as soon as practicable. I am, sir,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,