USS Gem of the Sea Correspondence Book-- Part 6: A Possible Tender?

August 1, 1863

Charlotte Harbor, Fl. to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, reporting the capture of the British schooner Georgie abandoned, but less than six months old and in good condition.

Baxter asked for permission to keep her as a tender to the Gem of the Sea.

--Old B-R'er