Letter

John McKeon , United States District Attorney to Mr. McKeon, district attorney, January 19, 1856

Author

John McKeon , United States District Attorney

Recipient

Mr. McKeon, district attorney

Date

January 19, 1856

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Cushing, Attorney-General, to Mr. McKeon, district attorney.

Attorney-General’s Office,
January 19, 1856.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 16th instant, in relation to the retention of the revenue-cutter Washington at the port of New York, and have submitted the same to the Secretary of the Treasury. I am informed by him that he has countermanded the orders requiring the Washington to leave New York on a cruise, and directed her to remain there.

I am, very respectfully,

C. CUSHING.
John McKeon, United States District Attorney.

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.