Letter

PORTER, For the Secretary of the Navy to Abraham Lincoln, April 21, 1869

Vice-Admiral Porter, for Secretary of the Navy, to the President.

Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith, for your information, a copy of a dispatch, dated the 13th instant, received from Rear-Admiral H. K. Hoff, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, relative to his inquiries concerning reported expeditions fitting out at New Orleans to land in Cuba.

Very respectfully, yours, &c.,

DAVID D. PORTER,
For the Secretary of the Navy.

The President.

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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.