William H. Seward to William M. Evarts , Attorney-General, November 11, 1868

Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Evarts, Attorney-General.

[22] *Sir: I have the honor to inclose, for your consideration, a copy of an article published last evening in a respectable newspaper of the city of New York, referring to the reported organization, at that and other cities, of expeditions for the invasion of Cuba. While this Department has no information of any such illegal organization in progress or contemplated, I nevertheless deem it my duty to bring the subject to your notice, to the end that if you find reason to give any credit to the rumors of projected violations of our laws for the preservation of neutrality, such instructions may be issued to the district attorneys and marshals of the United States required for the defeat of the schemes in question.

I am, sir, yours, &c.,