Colonel Lorenzo Thomas to Col. D. D. Tompkins, Wednesday, April 4, 1861

War Department,                   

Adjutant-General's Office,    

Wednesday April 4th, 1861.

Col. D. D. Tompkins,

Asst-Quartermaster

New York.

Sir:

By direction of the War Department, you will charter such vessels as Captain G. V. Fox the bearer of this, may designate, for such times and with such supplies, as he may indicate.

I am, Sir, very resp'y your ob't serv't,

L. Thomas, 

Adjutant General.

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. 20