Letter

PINDER, Acting Resident Justice to J. E. Nesbitt, March 11, 1865

Author

PINDER, Acting Resident Justice

Recipient

J. E. Nesbitt

Date

March 11, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Mr. Pinder to Mr. Nesbitt

Matthew Town, Magua, March 11, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to report to you, for the information of his excellency the governor, the arrival of the under mentioned United States gunboats in the roadstead off this town, they having had frequent communication with the shore, but none whatever with the local authorities, viz: the Gallatea, Commander Nickelson, arrived on the 1st instant at 2 p. m., and left on the same day at 6 p. m., and arrived again on the 7th instant at 8 a. m., leaving at or about 6 p. m., without coming to an anchor, steaming, however, up and down over the anchorage places, within one-quarter of a mile of the shore.

The Neptune, Commander Sanford, anchored off the town on the evening of the 8th instant, and remained at anchor until the morning of the 11th, when she left.

I have, &c,

H. H. PINDER, Acting Resident Justice.

Hon. J. E. Nesbitt, Esq., &c., &c., &c.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth C.