Letter
WEST, Lieutenant Commander, Commanding Naval Station to Gideon Welles, July 28, 1865
Lieutenant West to Mr. Welles
Naval Station, Beaufort, N. C., July 28, 1865.
Sir: The dismasted schooner Douglas, which was picked up at sea, abandoned, by the United States steamer Monticello, is still lying here. I have received instructions from Admiral D. D. Porter to deliver her to her owners, upon condition of their not demanding compensation for any use which she may have been put to while lying here. No application has as yet been made for her delivery, and I respectfully request directions as to what disposition shall be made of her on the breaking up of this station.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM C. WEST, Lieutenant Commander, Commanding Naval Station.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.
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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 First Session Thirty-ninth C.