Letter
Simon Cameron to Montgomery Blair, May 4, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
May 4, 1861.
May 4, 1861. Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster-General :
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant respecting the application made to this Department by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for an order to detail a military guard to each of the mail steamships conveying the mails between San Francisco and Panama; and I beg leave to inform you, in reply, that believing it to be more convenient for the Navy Department to furnish marines for the purpose, and that they would be best adapted for the service, I have referred the application of the company to the Secretary of that Department, inviting his attention to the subject.
very respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
SAN FRANCISCO, March May] 4, 1861.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
SAN FRANCISCO, March May] 4, 1861.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Simon Cameron refers the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's request for military guards on mail steamships to the Navy Department, suggesting marines are better suited for the task.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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