Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, United States Navy. Navy Department, August 14, 1849. Sir: The United States steamer Alleghany, under the command of Lieutenant W. W.…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain McCauley, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, August 14, 1849. [682] Sir: The Department has intrusted to Lieutenant-Commandant W. W. Hunter confidential…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Lieutenant Hunter, United States Navy. [Strictly confidential.] Navy Department, August 14, 1849. [680] Sir: Information has been received by this Department which induces…
[676] *Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, United States Navy. [Strictly confidential.] Navy Department, August 9, 1849. Sir: Though the Government has no precise information, yet it…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Newton, United States Navy. Navy Department, May 16, 1850. [Telegram.] Captain John T. Newton, Commanding Navy-Yard, Pensacola, Florida: The Germ an town…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Tatnall, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, May 17, 1850. [675] Sir: By a dispatch, received this morning from *Commander Randolph, of…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Captain Tatnall, United States Navy. [Confidential.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. [672] Sir: Though the Government has no precise information, yet it has…
[671] *Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Parker, commanding home squadron. Navy Department, May 15, 1850. Sir: The confidential instructions, in relation to which I conferred with you…
Mr. Preston, Secretary of the Navy, to Commodore Downes, commandant navy-yard. [Telegram.] Navy Department, May 15, 1850. Commodore John Downes, Commandant Navy-Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts: Report by telegraph the arrival at…
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…