Letter
GUNNISON, Vice-Consul to Thomas Tupper, December 23, 1863
[Enclosure 2 in No. 6.]
Mr. Gunnison to Mr. Tupper.
Consulate of the United States, Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 23, 1863.
Sir: I beg to inform the government of this province that I have received information from my government of the fact that 1,000 rifles have been shipped from New York to Nova Scotia by the rebel agents for rebel purposes in Halifax. The fact is reported to me as certain.
I beg to call the attention of the government to the matter, and request that steps be taken by the proper authorities for the seizure of these arms.
I would further say, that I have reason to fear the reseizure of the Chesapeake by the pirates and their abettors in this province.
I have, &c.,
N. GUNNISON, Vice-Consul.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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.