[1267] Mason to Benjamin, March 31, 1865. (Richardson, II, pp. 709-17.)
[1268] Ibid., p. 717.
[1269] Russian Archives. Stoeckl to F.O., Jan. 24, 1865. No. 187. It is interesting that just at this time Gortchakoff should have sent to Stoeckl the copy of a memorandum by one, C. Catacazy, employé of the Foreign Office and long-time resident in the United States, in which was outlined a plan of a Russian offer of mediation. The memorandum specified that such an offer should be based on the idea that the time had come for a complete restoration of the Union and argued that both North and South regarded Russia as a special friend; it was Russia's interest to see the Union restored as a balance to Great Britain. Gortchakoff's comment was favourable, but he left it wholly to Stoeckl's judgment and discretion to act upon the plan. (Russian Archives. F.O. to Stoeckl, Feb. 6, 1865.)
[1270] Feb. 4, 1865.
[1271] A Cycle of Adams' Letters, II, 254. To his son, Feb. 10, 1865.
[1272] Bancroft, Seward, II, pp. 410-14.
[1273] A Cycle of Adams' Letters, II, 256. To his son, Feb. 17, 1865.
[1274] U.S. Messages and Documents, 1865-66, Pt. I, p. 182. Adams to Seward, Feb. 23, 1865.
[1275] Ibid., p. 112. Adams to Seward, Feb. 2, 1865.
[1276] Ibid., p. 180. Seward to Adams, Feb. 21, 1865.