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. 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 Boston of the Albany. Prepare her for immediate service. Sailing instructions will be sent by mail.

WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON.