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

[47] *Mr. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury, to Mr. Fish, Secretary of State.

Treasury Department,
Washington, May 10, 1869.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of the 8th instant, respecting the steamer Quaker City, and to advise you that, pursuant to your request, the collector of customs was on that day instructed to prevent the sailing of that vessel in violation of the neutrality act.

Very respectfully,

GEO. S. BOUTWELL,
Secretary of the Treasury.

Hon. Hamilton Fish,
Secretary of State.