COMMANDANT’S OFFICE, NAVY YARD
Washington, April 6, 1861
To: Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy
SIR: I have to report for the information of the Department that the U. S. S. Pawnee, Commander Rowan commanding, left this yard this morning for Norfolk, Va., in obedience to its order of the 4th instant.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
FRANKN. BUCHANAN, Commandant
