The Home Squadron Under Commodore Conner in the War With Mexico, Being a Synopsis of Its Services
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" Very Respectfully, " COMMODOEE D. COXNEE, " G. BaXCEOFT. " Commanding Home Squadron." [Private and Confidential.'] " United States Xavt Department, May 13, 1846. "CoMMODOEE, — If Santa Anna endeavors to enter the Mexican ports, you wall allow him to pass freely. " Respectfully Yours, " CoMMODOEE David Conner, " Geo. Baxceoft. " Commanding Home Squadron." XoTE. — The foregoing dispatch, in relation to General Santa Anna, is endorsed in my father's own hand, — not that of his secretary. From th...is it is evident that Commodore Conner recognized and preserved its confidential character. I speak now of the original dispatch, its dupli- cate — all important orders were duplicated — I found enclosed within it. "Navy Department, May 30, 1846. " CoMMODOEE,— I am directed by the President of the United States to communicate to you the satisfaction he has derived from the prompt co-operation of the naval forces of the United States, with the array on the Rio Grande. "Your immediate procedure to the scene of hostilities was pre- cisely the course the Department wished you to adopt ; and the ser- vices rendered by your squadron in protecting Point Isabel are highly appreciated.
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