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

[54] *Mr. Hoar, Attorney-General, to Mr. Pierrepont, district attorney.

Washington, May 14, 1869.

Sir: It has been orally represented to the Department of State, by the minister of Spain, that the steamers Memphis and Santiago de Cuba, at New York City, are being fitted out under suspicious circumstances. In regard to these steamers you will obey the instructions relating to the steamer Quaker City heretofore sent you by this office.

Very respectfully,

• E. R. HOAR,
  Attorney-General.
• Edwards Pierrepont,
  United States Attorney.

[Duplicate of the above sent to Francis C. Barlow, esq., United States marshal, New York.]