Letter

[Untitled], December 21, 1863.

Author

C., per T

Date

December 21, 1863

Type

Letter

[Enclosure 3 in No. 4.]

[Untitled]

Office of U. S. Military Telegraph, War Department, Washington, December 21, 1863.

Translation of a letter in cipher forwarded to the Secretary of War by Postmaster Wakeman, New York city.

New York,December 18, 1863.

——— is here. The two steamers will leave here about Christmas. Lamar and Boners left here via Bermuda two weeks ago. The 1,000 rifled muskets came duly to hand, and were shipped to Halifax as instructed. We will be able to seize the other two steamers as per programme.

——— has followed the President’s orders. We will have ——— under arrest before this reaches you; cost —000 dollars.

We want more money. How shall we draw? Bills all forwarded to Slidell and receipts received. Write as before.

J.H.C.

Hon. J. P. Benjamin.

Please detach and forward as before. Telegraph when return answer is received. Very important.

J. H. C., per T.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.