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. Fish, Secretary of State, to Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury.

Department of State,
Washington, November 12, 1869.

[124] Sir: I have conferred with Mr. Roberts, the Spanish minister, relative to the ram Atlanta,*the vessel referred to in your communication of the 10th instant, and as he appears to know no reason why that vessel should be longer detained, you are requested to instruct the collector of customs at the port of Philadelphia, where she is now lying, to take no further steps toward preventing her departure.

Your obedient servant,

HAMILTON FISH.

Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell,
Secretary of Treasury.