Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6. Page: 7
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ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
I also enclose a copy of a communication * from Lieutenant Lowry,
U. S. Navy, dated June 1, which may contain information of importance
to you respecting the means the citizens of Virginia have of communi-
cating with the ocean through North Carolina, etc.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
GIDEON WELLES.
Flag-Officer S. H. STRINGHAM,
Commanding Atlantic Blockade.
[Enclosure.]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, July 15, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information, and
with the hope that such steps may be at once taken as to lead to the
effectual blockade of all the ports in North and South Carolina, a com-
munication from Hon. Moses H. Grinnell, of New York, together with
a letter from Messrs. Stoddard & Clark, accompanied by a memoran-
dum in which are mentioned the ports where vessels are enabled to
arrive and depart with cargoes, to the detriment of law-abiding citizens
in the loyal States.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Hon. GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
[Subenclosure.]
NEW YORK, July 12,1861.
SIR: Recently, owing to the ineffectual state of the blockade of the
ports of the State of North Carolina, residents of that State, in con-
nection with sympathizers in this city, have chartered British vessels
to load with naval stores at Beaufort, Wilmington, and other ports,
taking a clearance for Nassau, New Providence, and there clearing
regularly, and from thence bringing and disposing of the cargoes here,
thus securing a large profit, to the prejudice of United States citizens
who are law abiding and without a murmur submitting to the loss of
business consequent upon the proclamation of the President declaring
the ports blockaded.
We are credibly informed that, at the present time, a number of ves-
sels are loading at Beaufort and Wilmington, and respectfully ask that
some steps be taken to put an end to the unlawful as well as unjust
business.
Respectfully, your obedient servants,
STODDARD & CLARK.
Hen. W. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State, Washington.
MY DEAR STR: The enclosed memorandum is from a reliable source.
Why can not those ports named be blockaded? God knows there are
steamers enough in this country-guns, men, and materials enough to
close them up as tight as a bottle.
Yours, truly,
M. H. GRINNELL.
*See Vol. 5, p. 68$.
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United States. War Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 6., book, 1897; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192841/m1/30/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.