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Page 1: ~Ji The New I American State PapersGilmer 19 February 1844-28 February 1844 John Y. Mason 26 March 1844-10 March 1845 George Bancroft 11 March 1845-9 September 1846 John Y. Mason 10

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~ '* NAVAL AFFAIRS

Volume 2

Diplomatic Activities

Edited lJy K. Jack Bauer

~c:!:r~ourres Inc.

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Leadership ofthe Navy Department 1798-1~61

Sea:etaries o/the NfZJJYl

Benjamin Stoddert2 18 June 1798-31 March 1801 Robert Smith 27 July 1801-7 March 1809 Paul Hamilton 15 May 1809-31 December 1812 William Jones 19 January 1813-1 December 1814 Benjamin W. Crowninshield 16 January 1815-30 September 1818 Smith Thompson 1January 1819-31 August 1823 Samuel L. Southard 16 Septe~ber 1823-3 March 1829 John Branch 9 March 1829-.12 May 1831 Levi Woodbury 23 May 1831-30June 1834 Mahlon Dickerson 1July 1834-30June 1838 James K. Paulding 1July 1838-3 March 1841 George E. Badger 6 March 1841-11 September 1841 Abel P. Upshur 11 October 1841-23July 1843 David Henshaw 24 July 1843-18 February 1844 Thomas W. Gilmer 19 February 1844-28 February 1844 John Y. Mason 26 March 1844-10 March 1845 George Bancroft 11 March 1845-9 September 1846 John Y. Mason 10 September 1846-7. March 1849 William B. Preston 8 March 1849-23 July 1850 William A. Graham 2 August 1850-25 July 1852 John P. Kennedy 26 July 1852-7 March 1853 James C. 'Dobbin 8 March 1853-6 March 1857 Isaac Toucey 7 March 1857-6 March 1861

Board o/Naval Commissioners, 7 February 181'-)1 August 1842

Comm. John Rodgers3 25 April 1815-15 December 1824 Comm. Isaac Hull 25 April 1815-.30 November 1815

I Prior to 1798 naval affairs were administered by the War Department. .2George Cabot, appointed 8 May 1798, declined. )President

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Explanation ofAbbreviations�

1ht New American State Papers-Naval Affairs is based upon four sources: the original American State Papers, published by Gales Be Seaton between 1882 and 1861; the serial volumes of the official documents of the U.S. Congress, printed continuously after 1817;, the Navy Department records preselVed in the National Archives; and printed collections of documents.

To assist readers and scholars, the original source for each docu­ment is listed in the Calendar ofDocuments 'according to the following abbreviations:

I. ASP-American State Papers (Washington, DC: Gales Be Seaton, 1832-61). All references are to the Naval Affairs (NA) or Military Affairs (MA). series and include both volume and page citations. Thu~ the reference ASP NA III 455 indicates Naval Affairs series, volume III, page 455.

II. Congressional Documents. Each document is identified by Con­gress, session, document number, and.the volume in the serial set in which it appears. Hence, ~D 5823:2 (267) means Senate Docu­ment number 53, 23d Congress, 2d session, serial volume 267. The abbreviations for the various congressional documents include:

HD - House Document HED - ,House Executive Do~ment HMD - ,House Miscellaneous Document HR . ­ House Report SD ._.Senate Document SED - Senate Executive Document SMD - Senate Miscellaneous Document SR . - Senate Report

III. NA ­ National Archives, Washington, DC,. Military Archives Di­vision: Navy and Old Army Branch. Material is indicated as follows:

AF - Area File of the Naval Records Collection, Record Group (RG) 45. Microcopy 625~ Citation will be to the area nl:lmber and roll, e.g. AF (7/75) indicatingArea 7, roll 75. . .

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BSL ~ Brazil Squadron Letters, RG 45. Microcopy 89, rolls 14-80. Citation will be to roll.

DIR - Directives, 1776-1868, RG 45. EISL - East India Squadron Letters, RG 45. Microcopy M 89,

ESL

FW

GOBe:C

LEA

PL .

RCL

. rolls 1-18. Citation will be to roll.� - Eastern Squadron Letters, RG 45. Microcopy 89, roll�

118. - Records Relating to the Service ofthe Navy and Marine

Corps on the Coast of Florida, 1885-48, RG 45. -� General Orders Be: Circulars, 1798-1875, RG 45.

Microcopy 977, rolls 1-2. Citation will be to volume and page.

- Letters ofthe Secretary ofthe Navy to Executive Agents and the President, 1798-1824, RG 45. Citation will be to volume and page.

- Private Letters ofthe Secretary ofthe Navy, 1818-1822, RG 45. Citation will be to volume and page.

- Records ofConfidential Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy, 1848-1879, RG 45. Citation will be to volume and page.

IV. Published collections of documents. Brannan'"John Brannan. Official Letters 01 the Military and Naval

Officers olthe United States During the War with Great Britain. Washington, 1828.� .

BW - Office of Naval Records and Library. Naval Documents Related to the United State.s Wars with the Barbary ~wers.

6 vols. Washington, 1989-44. Haswell - Charles H. Haswell Pamphlet Collection, Rensselaer

Polytechnic Institute Archives. Citation will be to volume and item number.

M&P - James D. Richardson. A Compilation olthe Messages and Papers olthe Presidents. 20 vols. New York, 1897-1922.

~W - Office of Naval Records and Library. Naval Documents Related to the Q!tasi-War between the United States and France. 7 vols. Washington, 1985-88.

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ITEM DATE TInE S~MITrEDBY SOURCE PAGE 11

SO /2-5~1845 Letters Approving ofCondua Sec. I Navy G. Banaoft RCL 1144-5 51 and Extending Commodore I

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Conner in Command of Home I

Squadron i

51 /5/1845 Letter Granting Permission for Sec.jNavy G. Banaoft RCL I 145 52 RetUrn ofPrinceton

52 111/1845 Orders to Defend Texas Sec. I Navy G. Bancroft RCL 1147·8 52

55 /9/1845 Orders for Future Operations Sec. Navy G. Bancroft RCL1155·4 54

S4 12S/1845 Orders Establishing Dispatch Sec.jNavy G. Bancroft RCLI157 54 Service with Army in Texas !

55 /24/1846 Letter Concerning Reinforcement Sec. I Navy G. Bancroft RCL 1168 55 ' !

56 /28/1852 of Home Squadron

!Orders to Investigate Fisheries Sec. I Navy j. P. Kennedy RCLII 551·7 56

57

58 f~;2SI /27-9/19/

Dispute with Canada. I

Orders to Protect American Sec. iNavy J. C. Dobbin Fishermen off'Canada I

Correspondence Concerning Settle­ Co~mo. W. B. Shubrick

RCL III 65-9

ESL

65

72 855 ment of Fisheries Dispute

NonA America West Coast

59 /50/1817 Orders to Take Possession of A~ S«. Na>yColumbia River B. omans PL 241-2 95

40 /19/1818 Report ofTaking Possession of Cap J. Biddle AF (9/287) 95 Columbia River

41 /15/1842­ Correspondence Concerning HD 16627:5 96 /24/1845 Seizure of Monterey , (422) 15-75

42 /21/1845 Order for Increased Vigilance Sec.!Navy G. Bancroft RCL 1109 107 45 /5/1845 Order Stressing Vigilance Sec. INavy G. Bancroft RCLII18-9 107 44 24/1845 Orders to Increase Force in Sec.!Navy G. Bancroft RCL 1140 108

Mexican Waters 45 /5/1845 Sec. INavy G. BancroftOrders to Explore Oregon Coast RCL I 151-2 109 46 47

2/5/1845 /6/1846

Orders to Watch British Squadron Sec. Navy G. Bancroft !

Orders to Visit Oregon Sec'iNavy G. Banaoft RCLI16S-4 RCL1164-7

110 111

48 49

12/1846 1/24/1848

Orders to Visit Oregon Seefa>y G. B",aoftReport of Operations of Pacific Co mo. T. apC.

RCL1169-70 AF(9/286)

114 116

Squadron , Jon s 50 /7/1859 Request for Aid in Sanjuan Bri$. Gen. W. S. Harney AF (9/287) 120

Islands Dispute I

51 /16/1859 Order Not to Send Vessel to Sec.INavy I. Toucey AF(9/287) 122 PugetSound

NonA America !

52 r14I1 ...

Antijililnutering Acti*ities

Orders Warning of Forces Gather­ Sec.INavyW. B. Preston ing to Attack. Cuba

RCLII 55·7, 59-40

125

55 15-20/ Orders Warning ofSailing of Lopez Sec.INavyW. B. Preston RCL II 107-20 128 850 Expedition Against Cuba

54 /21/1851 Report of Possible Expedition Co~mo. F. A. Parker AF (8/204) 152

55 /12/1851 Against Cuba ITelegram Warning of Expedition Sec.!NavyW. A. Graham RCLIII77 154 Expeaed to Sail from Savannah

56 57

58

Order to Proceed to Havana Sec.INavyW. A. Graham Letter Warning Expedition Will Sec.INavyW.A. Graham Probably Sail from Cedar Keys I

Letter Reiterating Warning of Sec.INavyW. A. Graham Cuban Expedition

RCLIII77 RCLIII85

RCLII 254-5

154 155

156 I !

59. Order Appointing Commodore Sec. !Navy W. A. Graham RCLII244·5 157 Foxhall A. Parker Special Commissioner to Cuba ,

60 /5/1851 Order to Patrol Georgia and Sec.INavyW.A. Graham RCL II 248-9 158

61 ~/5-12/1851 Florida Coasts Reports of Negotiations for Release Co~mo. F. A. Parker AF (8/204) 140 of Filibusterers ...

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ITEM DATE nTLE SUBMITrED BY SOUICE PAGE

62 9/29/1851 Order to Intercept Men or Anns Sec. Navy W. A. Graham RCL II 254-5 146 Bound for Cuba

68 10/17/1851 Order Warning of Expedition Sec. Navy W. A. Graham RCL II 261-2 147 Against Mexico

64 11/1711851 Order Warning of Expedition Sec. Navy W. A. Graham RCL II 265-6 149 Against Hawaii

65 66

6/28/1852 10/19/1852

Orders to Home Squadron Order Warning of Expedition

Sec. Navy W. A. Graham Sec. Navy J. P. Kennedy

RCL II 552-8 RCL II 585-6

150 157

67 12/1855 Against Cuba Order to Charter Steamer to Sec. Navy J. C. Dobbin RCL III 120-1 159 Prevent Expedition Against Mexico

68 12/19/1855 Order Warning of Expedition Sec. Navy J. C. Dobbin ICL 111121 160

69 1/S/54 Against Sonora

Order Warning of Expedition Sec. Navy J. C. Dobbin lCL II1125-6 160 from California

70 8/81/1854 Letter Authorizing Repatriation Sec. Navy J. C. Dobbin RCL III 145-6 161 ofWalker's Force

71 5/16/1857 Order to Remove Walker's Men Sec. Navy I. Toucey AF (9/287) 168 from Nicaragua

72 6/8-16/1857 Reports of Removal ofWalker's Commo. H. Paulding AF (8/204) 164 Men from Nicaragua

78 10/8-11/16/ Orders Warning ofExpeditions Sec. Navy I. Toucey SO 1885:1 166 1857 Against Mexico, Nicaragua, or (918) 8, 14-5

Costa Rica 74 11/2711857 Report ofArrival ofWalker at Cdr. F. Chatard SD 18 85:1 167

SanJuan del Norte (Greytown) (918) 16·7 75 12/11/1857 Report of Seizure ofWalker's Commo. H. Paulding SO 18 85:1 168

Expedition (918) 20-1 76 12/18/1857 Order to Prevent Unlawful Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCLIV 10 169

Expeditions 77 5/5/1858 Extract from Order to Intercept Sec. Navy I. Toucey HED 24 85:2 170

Filibusterers (1004) 2 78 6/80/1858 Orders to Send Vessels to Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCLIV62·8 171

Nicaragua 79 8/19/1858 Order to Maintain Adequate Aetg. Sec. HED 2485:2 172

Forces at Aspinwall and Greytown NavY C. Welsh (1004) 4 80 8/19/1858 Order to Station Vessels at San Aetg. Sec. RCL IV 84-5 178

Juan del Sur and Realejo, Nicaragua C. W. Welsh 81 11/1711858 Order to Prevent Any Expedition Sec. Navy I. Toucey HED 2485:2 174

from Landing in Nicaragua (1004) 5 82 5/19/1859 Order Warning of Expedition Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCL IV 178-4 175

Against Mexico or Central America

8S 5/25/1859 Order Warning of Possible Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCLIV 171 176 Expedition Against Nicaragua

84 6/8/1859 Order Repeating Warning of Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCL.IV 175 177 Another Walker Expedition Against Nicaragua

85 10/5/1859 Orders to Intercept Expedition Sec. Navy I. Toucey RCL IV 282 178 Forming Near New Orleans

North America Caribbean ad Central America

86 11/22/1815­ Correspondence on Transport of ASP NA 1678-4 181 2/2711817 Specie

87 1/19-2/19/ Correspondence Concerning ASP NA II 685, 182 1824 Blockades 656

88 8/9/1824 Report of Limited Proteetion Commo. O. Porter ASPNAll009 182 Available in Gulf ofMexico

89 9/21-25/1847 Reports of Indian Problems in Commo. M. C. Perry AF(8/201) 188 Yucatan

90 8/8/1848 Orders Concerning Yucatan Sec. Navy J. Y. Mason RCL 1410-11 191 91 8/22/1848 Rcquest for Steamer to Evacuate Lt. M. Mason SED 4S 80:1 192

Refugees . (508) 2~XIX

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North America� Antifilibustering Activities�

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54 [Report of Possible Expedition Against Cuba]

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57 [Letter Warning Expedition Will Probably Sail� from Cedar Keys]�

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58 [Letter Reiterating Warning of Cuban Expedition]

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59 [Order Appointing Commodore Foxhall A. Parker� Special Commissioner to Cuba]�

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60 [Order to Patrol Ge.orgia and Florida Coasts]

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62 [Order to Intercept.Men or Arms Bound for Cuba]

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{Order Warning of Expedition Against Cuba]

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112 {Letter Complaining of Publication of Report on Black Warrior Affair]�

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[Letter Explaining Diversion of Jamestown to Cuba] 120�

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121 [Orders Appointing Commodore C. S. McCauley� to Command of Home Squadron]�

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