PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE
PRESIDENT PIERCE’S ORDER (May 31, 1854)
WASHINGTON, May 31,1854.
To B. F. Hallett, U. S. Attorney.
Incur any expense deemed necessary by the Marshal and yourself for city military, or otherwise, to insure the execution of the law.
(Signed) FRANKLIN PIERCE.
TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE U. S. OFFICERS AT BOSTON AND THE PRESIDENT (May 27, 1854).
BOSTON, May 27, 1854.
To the President, &c.
In consequence of an attack on the Court House last night for the purpose of rescuing a fugitive slave under arrest, and in which one of my own guards was killed, I have availed myself of the resources of the United States placed under my control by letters from the War and Navy Departments in 1851, and now have two companies of troops from Fort Independence stationed in the Court House. Everything is now quiet. The attack was repulsed by my own guard.
WATSON FREEMAN,
- S. Marshal, Boston, Mass.
WASHINGTON, May 27.
To Watson Freeman, U. S. Marshal, Boston, Mass.
Your conduct is approved. The law must be executed.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.