Letter

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

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

[Telegram.]

Commodore J. D. Sloat, Commandant Navy Yara, Portsmouth, Virginia:

Prepare the United States steamer Saranac for immediate service. Sailing-instructions will be sent by mail.

WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON.

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.