[156] *Mr. McCulloch, collector, to Mr. Lowry, surveyor.
Collector’s Office, August 9, 1824.
Sir: Please to send two inspectors of the customs to-morrow morning to examine the Colombian cruiser Aguila, below the fort. The object is to ascertain that no addition is made to her force by any new warlike equipments or enlistments of American seamen. In case such should appear, you will direct the officers to detain the commission, &c., of the vessel herewith sent and immediately report it here. If otherwise, they will deliver the captain his papers, and if the cutter can be found, deliver Captain Webster the letter handed herewith. Return if no occasion requires a further proceeding. But if the cutter is not to be seen, it will be proper for an officer to go on till she can be met with or any other public vessel, to the commander of which the letter to Captain Webster may then be delivered.
Wm. Lowry, Esq.,
Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore.