Letter

HOAR, Attorney-General to the district attorneys, March 23, 1869

Author

HOAR, Attorney-General

Recipient

the district attorneys

Date

March 23, 1869

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, to the district attorneys.

Attorney-General’s Office, March 23, 1869.

To the United States Attorneys at Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, northern district of Florida, southern district of Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama:

Sir: Information has been received at this office to the effect that illegal expeditions are in progress at New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Charleston, Savannah, and other southern ports, for the purpose of aiding the insurgents in the island of Cuba.

You are hereby instructed to keep a close watch on any expedition of this character which you may have reason to suppose may be attempted in your district, and, with the aid of the marshal, to take such steps for its prevention or punishment as are warranted by law.

Very respectfully,

E. R. HOAR,
Attorney-General.

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.