Great Britain and the American Civil War

by Ephraim Douglass Adams

[536] Ibid., No. 126. Lyons to Russell, Nov. 29, 1861. Received Dec. 12.

[537] Punch, Feb. 1, 1862.

[538] Parliamentary Papers, 1862, Lords, Vol. XXV. "Correspondence on Civil War in the United States." No. 141.

[539] Ibid., No. 142. Jan. 15, 1861.

[540] Ibid., No. 143.

[541] James, W.W. Story, II, p. 111, Jan. 21, 1862.

[542] Parliamentary Papers, 1862, Lords, Vol. XXV. "Correspondence on Civil War in the United States." No. 153. Lyons to Russell, Jan. 14, 1862. Received Jan. 27.

[543] Ibid., Lords, Vol. XXV. "Despatch from Lord Lyons respecting the Obstruction of the Southern Harbours." Lyons to Russell, Feb. 11, 1862. Received Feb. 24.

[544] Thompson and Wainwright, Confidential Correspondence of G.V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-65, I, p. 79. Du Pont to Fox, Dec. 16, 1861. Hereafter cited as Fox, Confid. Corresp. This letter shows clearly also that the Navy had no thought of a permanent obstruction.

[545] Vide Arnold, Friendship's Garland.