Letter

Mcculloch to any officer of the United States Navy or Army, December 18, 1819

Mr. McCulloch to any officer of the United States Navy or Army.

The brig Irresistible, a South American privateer, has left this port contrary to law.

The collector of the customs, therefore, according to instructions repeatedly directed to him from the Secretaries of the Navy and of War, requests the assistance of any naval officer or military commander to follow, detain, and send back said brig to this or any other judicial district of the United States.

Respectfully,

JAMES H. McCULLOCH.

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.