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Chapter 179
Message to the House of Representatives
To the House of Representatives:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant; requesting a copy of the correspondence between this, government and foreign powers with reference to maritime right, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State.
A. LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, July 25, 1861