Letter

PRESCOTT HALL, United States Attorney to P. S.—Will the President authorize me to act under the 8th section, in order to seize and detain munitions of war intended to be used in aid of the Cuban expedition?, May 25, 1850

Mr. Hall, district attorney, to Mr. Clayton Secretary of State.

[666] Sir: The Spanish consul is in my office, and, upon *an affidavit made by him, I have just issued a warrant for the arrest of M. T. Tolon.

Your obedient servant,

J. PRESCOTT HALL,
United States Attorney.

P. S.—Will the President authorize me to act under the 8th section, in order to seize and detain munitions of war intended to be used in aid of the Cuban expedition?

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.