Letter
WASHBURN, Jr., Collector to John Williams Gunnison, December 12, 1863
Mr. Washburn to Mr. Gunnison.
Portland, December 12, 1863.
Deposition of Charles Johnson, mate of the Chesapeake, taken by United States commissioner, proves conclusively the murder of Orin Shaffer, second engineer, on the morning of December 7, by the pirates who took possession of the steamer. I send the depositions by mail.
I. WASHBURN, Jr., Collector.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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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.