Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Part II, Volume I

Mr. Pierce, President, to Captain Bigelow, United States navy-yard.

Executive Mansion, January 9, 1856.

Captain Abram Bigelow,

United States Navy-Yard, Brooklyn, New York:

Arrest and detain any vessel in the port of New York charged with violation of neutrality laws, upon advice of the district attorney, Hon. John McKeon.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

The original received, of which the above is a copy.