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. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to General Sherman, Acting Secretary of War.

Treasury Department,
Washington, October 4, 1869.

Sir: I get information from the collector of customs at Wilmington, North Carolina, that there is danger that the Hornet may go to sea in defiance of our authority.

I have directed the collector to take precautions to prevent this, and I have the honor to request you to issue further orders, if you deem it necessary, to the military officers, to assist in preventing her escape.

[167] *Very respectfully,

• GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
  Secretary.
• General W. T. Sherman,
  Acting Secretary of War.