Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1892

Mr. Adee to Mr. Batcheller.

Department of State,
Washington, June 16, 1892.

No. 71.]

Sir: I have had the pleasure to receive your No. 79 of the 27th ultimo, reporting the delivery into your possession of the cannon, known as “Long Tom,” formerly a part of the armament of the brig General Armstrong.

Your dispatch has been read with interest, and a copy inclosed to the Secretary of the Navy, in connection with his letter of March 28, 1892, and to Mr. Samuel C. Reid, of this city.

I am, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.