Letter

Totten , Commanding United States Steamer Water Witch to Lieutenant-Commandant Totten, United States Navy, August 20, 1849

[695] *Commandant Newton, United States Navy, to Lieutenant-Commandant Totten, United States Navy.

Sir: You will proceed to sea at once with the steamer Water Witch, under your command; and you are hereby strictly enjoined not to open the accompanying sealed parcel until after your vessel crosses the bar and the pilot leaves you.

I am, very respectfully, &c.,

  • JOHN THOMAS NEWTON, Commandant.
  • Lieutenant-Commandant Geo. M. Totten, Commanding United States Steamer Water Witch.
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.