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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 to Douglass Ottinger

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.15 Author/Creator: Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter Date: 23 September 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 35 cm Order a Copy

Sends Ottinger orders to "proceed to Beaufort, N.C. and take command of the Revenue Cutter 'Forward'." Encloses "copies of Regulations recently issued governing the trade between the loyal States and those States heretofore declared to be in rebellion." Mentions the "immense frauds which have been practiced in the shipment of goods" which it is Ottinger's duty to prevent, and also places him in command of the Revenue Cutter Agassis at New Bern. Describes Ottinger's duty to visit "places in the waters of North Carolina...and minutely and carefully to investigate the character of their shipments." Gives Ottinger permission to board any vessel and search the cargo in order to prevent blockade running. Marked "Copy"

Starting in 1861, blockades formed by Union ships surrounded Confederate ports of entry in order to prevent any extra imported supplies from reaching the South. Chase was Secretary of the Treasury.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Ottinger, Douglass, 1839-1892

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