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. Davis, Acting Secretary of State, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, August 4, 1869.

Hon. Edwards Pierrepont,
United States District Attorney, New York:

The Acting Secretary of the Navy, at the request of this Department, yesterday ordered the commandant at New York to act under your directions in the matter of the Spanish gun-boats. The Juniata, the Dale, the Dictator, the Frolic, and some armed tugs are ready to co-operate with you.

J. C. B. DAVIS.