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Sir,
I have the honour to request that you will be pleased to cause the Confederate-States War Steamer “Chickamauga” [3 guns], now lying in Five-Fathom Hole, to be surveyed with a view to ascertaining;
1. What repairs to her machinery the vesel requires, and the time that it will take to effect those repairs.
2. The quantity of coal now in the vessel, and the additional quantity (if any) that will be required to enable her to proceed to the nearest Confederate port; and that you will be pleased to advise me on these points.
I shall be further obliged if, in case of your considering the “Chickamauga” to need repairs, that you will give an opinion as to where those repairs shall be executed.
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