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[1] Lapsley, VI, 325. Chase wrote on June 14, requesting the authority granted by Lincoln in this letter, ``in view of the intelligence just received of depredations by rebel cruisers on our Commerce & Navigation near the capes of Virginia.'' (DLC-RTL).