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46,149 letters[686] *Commander Randolph, United States Navy, to Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy. United States Ship Albany, At anchor off the east end of Horn Island, August 28, 1849. Sir:…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, August 23, 1849. Sir: Inclosed herewith you will receive duplicate of confidential instructions addressed to…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Downes, United States Navy. Navy Department, August 21, 1849. Sir: The inclosed packet, addressed to Commander Charles Lowndes, commanding the United States…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commander Lowndes, United States Navy. [Strictly confidential.] Navy Department, August 21, 1849. Sir: You will proceed forthwith, with the United States ship Germantown…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, United States Navy. Navy Department, August 14, 1849. Sir: The United States steamer Alleghany, under the command of Lieutenant W. W.…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain McCauley, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, August 14, 1849. [682] Sir: The Department has intrusted to Lieutenant-Commandant W. W. Hunter confidential…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Lieutenant Hunter, United States Navy. [Strictly confidential.] Navy Department, August 14, 1849. [680] Sir: Information has been received by this Department which induces…
[676] *Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, United States Navy. [Strictly confidential.] Navy Department, August 9, 1849. Sir: Though the Government has no precise information, yet it…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Newton, United States Navy. Navy Department, May 16, 1850. [Telegram.] Captain John T. Newton, Commanding Navy-Yard, Pensacola, Florida: The Germ an town…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Tatnall, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, May 17, 1850. [675] Sir: By a dispatch, received this morning from *Commander Randolph, of…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Tatnall, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. [672] Sir: Though the Government has no precise information, yet it has…
[671] *Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, commanding home squadron. Navy Department, May 15, 1850. Sir: The confidential instructions, in relation to which I conferred with you…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Downes, commandant navy-yard. [Telegram.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. Commodore John Downes, Commandant Navy-Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts: Report by telegraph the arrival at…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Sloat, commandant navy-yard [Telegram.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. Commodore J. D. Sloat, Commandant Navy Yara, Portsmouth, Virginia: Prepare the United States…
[670] *Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to the President Navy Department, May 25, 1850. Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith inclosed, copies of all correspondence and orders…
Mr. Jones, Adjutant-General, to Colonel Crane, United States Army, and to others. [Circular.] War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, Washington, August 24, 1849. [669] Sir: In order to execute the laws and…
[668] *Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hall, district attorney. [Extract.] Department of State, Washington, May 26, 1850. Your several notes of yesterday’s date were received to-day. In reply…
Mr. Hall, district attorney, to Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State. Southern District of New York, United States District Attorney’s Office,May 25, 1850. Sir: Your letter of the 21th instant is…
Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Williams, district attorney. [Per telegraph.] Department of State,May 25, 1850. Henry Williams, Esq., United States District Attorney, Savannah, Georgia: Proceed according to law…
Mr. Hall, district attorney, to Mr. Clayton Secretary of State. Southern District of New York, United States District Attorney’s Office,May 25, 1850—half-past 3 p.m. [666] Sir: The Spanish consul is…