FOOTNOTES:
[19] To whom this letter was addressed does not appear, but there is every reason to believe it went also to Mr. Newell, through whom he conducted most of his correspondence with the Pierce administration.
[20] Mr. Campbell was a member of the Catholic communion.
[21] Mr. Grover had acted with the Free-soilers in 1848. He was now suggested by Van Buren's friends to succeed Judge Bronson as Collector of the Port of New York.
[22] John Van Buren.
[23] For the history of Mr. Tilden's nomination to the office of Attorney-General, and of his correspondence with Mr. Sutherland, his "Hardshell" competitor, see Bigelow's Life of Tilden, Vol. I, p. 127-130.
[24] Governor Tilden's eldest brother.
[25] Who had been Atty.-General under Van Buren when President.
[26] This is no doubt the subject referred to in Mr. Van Buren's letter of October 14, 1859, in which his feelings were deeply interested.
[27] For further particulars of this memorable and very able letter, see Life of Tilden, Harper & Brothers, 1895.
[28] The following year Commissioner of the Confederate States to London.
[29] The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad.
[30] The letter here referred to will be found in the Writings and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden. Harper & Brothers, 1885.