Letter

ISAAC TOUCEY. [622] *Commander Frederick Chatard , Commanding United States sloop Saratoga, Aspinwall, New Granada to [A similar letter to the above was addressed to Commander Thatcher, October 2, 1857

[Inclosure No. 1.]

Sir: I am directed by the President to transmit to you, for your guidance, the accompanying circular, which he has caused to be issued from the State Department to various civil officers.

You will regard the instructions contained in it as addressed to yourself.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

  • ISAAC TOUCEY.
  • [622] *Commander Frederick Chatard, Commanding United States sloop Saratoga, Aspinwall, New Granada.

[A similar letter to the above was addressed to Commander Thatcher, commanding United States sloop Decatur, Panama, New Granada, and to the commandants of the navy-yards at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Pensacola, and San Francisco.]

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.