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. Ord, district attorney, to Mr. Cushing, Attorney-General.

Office of the Attorney of the United States for the Southern District of California,
Los Angeles, February 16, 1856.

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 11th of December, 1855, on the subject of illegal military enterprises against the state of Nicaragua originating in California.

[514] I shall use every effort to carry out the directions and wishes of the President in regard to these illegal *enterprises.

Up to the present time I am very confident that no vessels have been fitted or men organized within the southern judicial district of California, nor have any of its citizens embarked in such illegal enterprises.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

P. ORD,
District Attorney.

Hon. Caleb Cushing,
Attorney-General United States, Washington.