Letter

FIELD, Acting Attorney-General to Hamilton Fish, June 30, 1869

Author

FIELD, Acting Attorney-General

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

June 30, 1869

Type

Letter

Language

English

[75] *Mr. Field, Assistant Attorney-General, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

Attorney-General’s Office, Washington, June 30, 1869.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, copies of telegrams received last night and this morning from the United States marshal for the southern district of New York.

These telegrams have been communicated to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Navy has been requested to keep the Whiting safely at the navy-yard in Brooklyn.

Very respectfully,

W. A. FIELD,
Acting Attorney-General.

Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.

[77] *[Inclosure No. 3.]

Mr. Barlow, United States marshal, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General.

[Telegram.]

To the Attorney-General:

New York City, June 30, 1860.

We have captured the McCool, John Chase, and Mabey, three of the expedition tugs, with men, arms, and ammunition on board. The expedition is wholly broken up.

FRANCIS C. BARLOW,
United States Marshal.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

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.