Letter

JOACHINSON, Acting United States District Attorney to Caleb Gushing , Attorney-General, January 9, 1856

Author

JOACHINSON, Acting United States District Attorney

Recipient

Caleb Gushing , Attorney-General

Date

January 9, 1856

Type

Letter

Language

English

[509] *Mr. Joachinson, acting district attorney, to Mr. Gushing, Attorney-General.

Southern District of New York, United States District Attorney’s Office,
January 9, 1856—4 p.m.

Sir: I have the honor to report to you that I have just returned from the Star of the West. The President’s authority was respected. Four arrests were made. The ship not having anything otherwise unlawful, I permitted her to depart. I will give a detailed report to-morrow.

I remain, with great respect,

P. J. JOACHINSON,
Acting United States District Attorney.

Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney-General.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Foreign Policy

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.