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. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State,

Navy Department,
Washington, November 15, 1869.

[126] Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant, with its in closures, and to inform you that the United States steamer Frolic, at New York, will be held in readiness to assist the marshal in thwarting *the departure of any unlawful expedition in aid of the Cuban insurgents.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

GEO. M. ROBESON,
Secretary of the Navy.

Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.