Letter

N., and Captain of the Port to Dn. Jacintho Antonio Perdigao , Civil, February 28, 1864

Author

N., and Captain of the Port

Recipient

Dn. Jacintho Antonio Perdigao , Civil

Date

February 28, 1864

Type

Letter

Language

English

[416] *[Inclosure.]

The captain of the port of Funchal to Governor Perdigao.

[Translation.]

Funchal, February 28, 1864.

Most Excellent Sir: In compliance with the orders received from your excellency, I have intimated to the commander of the war-steamer Florida to leave this port within twenty-four hours, and in reply to said intimation I have received from said officer a communication, of which I have the honor of transmitting a copy to your excellency, wherein the said commander declares he was forced to come into this port in want of water, bread, and coals, and that consequently it is impossible for him to quit this port without those articles. Your excellency will decide whatever is just, and I await your excellency’s orders on this head. God preserve your excellency.

JOAQUIN PEDRO DE CASTELBRANCO,
Post-Captain R. N., and Captain of the Port.

His Excellency Dn. Jacintho Antonio Perdigao, Civil Governor of the Funchal District.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

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.