Letter

SMITH, Acting Secretary of the Navy to Hamilton Fish, August 11, 1869

Mr. Smith, Acting Secretary of the Wavy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and to inform you that Rear-Admiral S. W. Godon, commandant of the navy yard, New York, has been authorized to receive the Spanish gun-boats, and be guided by the President’s instructions concerning them.

Very respectfully,

M. SMITH,
Acting Secretary of the Navy.

The Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.

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.