[633] F.O., France, Vol. 1439. No. 668. Cowley to Russell, May 23, 1862, and Documents Diplomatiques, 1862, p. 127. Thouvenel to Mercier, May 21, 1862.

[634] U.S. Messages and Documents, 1862, pp. 97-99. Adams to Seward, May 22, 1862.

[635] Newton, Lord Lyons, I, 88.

[636] Mason Papers. Spence to Mason, June 11, 1862.

[637] All the letters are given in Adams, C.F. Adams, Ch. XIII.

[638] Ibid., pp. 248-9.

[639] Ibid., p. 251.

[640] Palmerston MS.

[641] Ibid.

[642] Adams, C.F. Adams, pp. 253-55.