Had a singular letter to-day from Chase, requesting that
vessels with custom-house clearance might be allowed to pass the blockade. The
arrangement is in accordance with an understanding which he has with the
Secretary of War. Replied that I was prepared to give no such instructions
until the blockade was raised or modified.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary
of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1:
1861 – March 30, 1864, p. 217-8
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