Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, to Mr. Hall, district attorney.
Washington, September 19, 1849.
[657] *J. Prescott
Hall, Esq.,
United States District
Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Sir: In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant, it is due to you to say, that the President highly approves of the prompt, energetic, and judicious manner in which you have executed all the instructions of this Department, touching the late attempt on the part of some of our misguided citizens, who were concerned in a mischievous and illegal project for the invasion of the island of Cuba. To this expression from the President I have great pleasure in adding this Department’s unqualified approbation of your official conduct.
I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,