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

[7] *Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, to Mr. Welles, Secretary of the Navy.

Department of State,
Washington, April 16, 1866.

Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a telegraphic dispatch received from the commanding officer at Fort Sullivan, Maine, and to ask your attention to the subject to which it relates. I would suggest that instructions be sent to the Winoski to co-operate with the military and revenue officers and the police, in order to prevent or defeat any attempted violation of the neutrality laws of the United States.

I have the honor to be, &c.,

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

Hon. Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy.