Letter

William Ballard Preston to Commodore Downes, commandant navy-yard, May 15, 1850

Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Downes, commandant navy-yard.

[Telegram.]

Commodore John Downes, Commandant Navy-Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts:

Report by telegraph the arrival at Boston of the Albany. Prepare her for immediate service. Sailing instructions will be sent by mail.

WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON.

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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.