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Title: Letters and recollections of John Murray Forbes
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898 Hughes, Sarah Forbes
Subjects: Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898 Railroads Businesspeople Politicians
Publisher: Boston New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ts, but you will endeavor toavoid establishing a precedent that may embarrassour minister when urging the British government tostop the sailing of vessels belonging to the rebels. You will note that there may be vessels building,which, without being perfectly adapted to war pur-poses, are still so fast and have such capacity for amoderate armament, that they threaten to becomedangerous to our commerce. In such cases, youmust use your best judgment as to purchasing anyof them. It may in some cases be expedient tosecure a majority interest or a lien upon vesselsinstead of buying the whole, provided you feel surethat you can thus prevent their being fitted out bythe rebels. You may also be obliged to hold your title toall the vessels by a lien. Our main object is toprevent the rebels using these vessels, rather thanthe expectation of getting much valuable servicefrom the vessels at present. You will use your discretion as to how long youwill pursue this experiment, and will relinquish it
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6 JOHN MURRAY FORBES or building in England or elsewhere, for war pur-poses. Your first object will be to secure suchvessels as are most likely to be used by the insur-gents and to be most dangerous in their hands.Your next object will be to get such as will be mostuseful to us, whenever it becomes possible and ex-pedient to get them to some home port or friendlyport where we can get possession of them. If inyour opinion clearly expedient, you may send suchvessels to such points, but you will endeavor toavoid establishing a precedent that may embarrassour minister when urging the British government tostop the sailing of vessels belonging to the rebels. You will note that there may be vessels building,which, without being perfectly adapted to war pur-poses, are still so fast and have such capacity for amoderate armament, that they threaten to becomedangerous to our commerce. In such cases, youmust use your best judgment as to purchasing anyof them. It may in some cases be expedient tos

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