Letter
Porter , Collector, New Orleans to Colonel Porter, collector, New Orleans, December 17, 1855
[Inclosure.]
Mr. McCoy, district attorney, to Colonel Porter, collector, New Orleans.
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District Louisiana,
December 17, 1855.
December 17, 1855.
Sir: I have been informed that preparations are being-made in and about New Orleans for the invasion of Nicaragua; that a considerable body of men have been recruited here, and are on the eve of departure to take part in the military operations of that partially revolutionized government.
As far as it may be lawfully done, you will detain any vessel now in this port fitted out to carry on the undertaking; and I particularly request that you will detail a special number of inspectors to search and watch the General Scott, now on the eve of departure, and report to this office the result of your investigation.
I am, sir, your friend,
- TOM S. McCOY, United States Attorney.
- Colonel J. C. Porter, Collector, New Orleans.
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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.