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. Smith, Acting Secretary of the Wavy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

Navy Department,
Washington, August 11, 1869.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and to inform you that Rear-Admiral S. W. Godon, commandant of the navy yard, New York, has been authorized to receive the Spanish gun-boats, and be guided by the President’s instructions concerning them.

Very respectfully,

M. SMITH,
Acting Secretary of the Navy.

The Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.