Letter
MARUGAULT MORRIS, Lieutenant Commanding, C to Joaquin Pedro de Castelbranco , Captain of the Port, February 29, 1864
[Inclosure.]
Lieutenant Morris to the captain of the port.
Confederate States Steamer Florida, Funchal, February 29, 1864.
[419] *Sir: Your letter of the 28th instant, in answer to a communication which you received from me of the same date, setting forth the reasons for my not leaving this port, &c., has been received. You state that his excellency the governor consents to my being supplied with bread, water, and twenty tons of coals to enable this vessel to proceed to the high seas.
I will state that I require forty tons of coal to reach the nearest port. I am, sir, with much respect, your obedient servant,
C. MARUGAULT MORRIS,
Lieutenant Commanding, C. S. N.
Lieutenant Commanding, C. S. N.
Joaquin Pedro de Castelbranco, Captain of the Port, &c.
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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.