Letter
GRINNELL, Collector to Geo. S. Boutwell, May 15, 1869
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Grinnell, collector, to Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury.
Custom-House, New York, Collector’s Office, May 15, 1869.
Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th instant, transmitting a copy of one from the honorable Secretary of State, in regard to the alleged fitting out of several steamers at this port, and beg leave to report that the special vigilance of the officers of customs in this district has already been directed to the vessels named, and I have this day refused to grant a clearance to the steamer Columbia, (Quaker City,) the suspicious circumstances connected with her having induced me to adopt that course.
Anticipating your approval of my action in the matter, I am, very respectfully, &c.,
M. H. GRINNELL,
Collector.
Collector.
Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury.
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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.