Letter

Totten , Commanding Steamer Water Witch, Off Navy Yard, Pensacola to Lieutenant-Commander Totten, United States Navy, August 19, 1849

Commandant Newton, United States Navy, to Lieutenant-Commander Totten, United States Navy.

Sir: It is of the utmost government importance that the steamer under your command should be prepared for active service with as little delay as possible. You will be pleased, therefore, to have ready, and, if possible, to go to sea some time during the day to-morrow.

[694] *I am, very respectfully, &c.,

  • JOHN THOMAS NEWTON, Commandant.
  • Lieutenant-Commandant George M. Totten, Commanding Steamer Water Witch, Off Navy Yard, Pensacola.
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.