RICHARD RUSH, Acting Secretary of State to The Collector of Baltimore, March 21, 1817

Mr. Rush, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. McCulloch, collector.

Sir: By a letter of this date the attorney of the United States has been requested to furnish every *information in his power relative to alleged outfits of several vessels at Baltimore. The subject being deemed of importance at this Department, I have to request that you will be so obliging as to afford that officer all the aid in your power toward the objects which the letter to him embraces. He will show it to you, and I have to add how desirable it is that the information which it calls for should be obtained in a manner the most ample and exact that is practicable. [60]

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant,