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.]
Navy Department, May 15, 1850.
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.
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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.