Letter
Hamilton Fish to E. R. Hoar , Attorney-General, August 10, 1869
Mr. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General.
Department of State, Washington, August 10, 1869.
Sir: I have the honor to inclose copies of letters to the district attorney and marshal for the southern district of New York, dated this day, instructing them to turn over the custody of the Spanish gun-boats to the Navy Department, by order of the President. I will thank you to give similar directions to these officers, whose proceedings were origin-atedon your order.
I have the honor to be, &c.,
HAMILTON FISH.
Hon. E. R. Hoar, Attorney-General.
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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.