Letter

WILTSE, Commander, United States Navy to Surgeon Penrose and Lieutenant Wood, March 13, 1885

Commodore Wiltse to Surgeon Penrose and Lieutenant Wood.

Gentlemen: You are hereby appointed a board to ascertain the condition of the destitute American citizens and foreigners in the vicinity of Livingston and Puerto Barrios, Guatemala.

You will find out those who are in immediate need of food, clothing, and medicine, also those who desire to return to New Orleans, and report the result of your investigations to me.

I am, &c.,

G. C. WILTSE,
Commander, United States Navy.
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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 P 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 P.