I have yrs of
yesterday. The President wishes you to come here to shape the orders. I will
write to Gnl Cameron who is now at Harrisburg to return immediately. You will
have time enough to organize the expedition by coming on tomorrow night and
returning Wednesday or Thursday night.
Yrs truly
Blair
Washington, April 1,
1861
SOURCES: Robert Means Thompson & Richard Wainwright,
Editors, Publications of the Naval Historical Society, Volume 9: Confidential
Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865,
Volume 1, p. 16
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