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Includes correspondence, orders, and notes concerning the outfitting of vessels from American ports to support Cuban independence fighters in the Ten Years' War. The Virginius, referred to in a note from a U.S. court clerk in the West District of Wisconsin to the Adjutant-General declaring the preparedness of a local sharpshooter regiment to fight in the event of a war with Spain after the Virginius affair, was such a vessel. Included in this file is a note from U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish to the postmaster-general urging the rapid transmission of orders between New Orleans and Key West. Also includes an exemption order for a Spanish soldier signed by several superior officers including Don Victoriano Gómez. Smuggling, arms shipments, military exemptions. Partial geographical list: Havana/Habana (Cuba), Portland (Maine), New York City, Washington (D.C.), Madison (Wis.), New Orleans (La.), Key West, Madrid (Spain).