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Bee Hive, The, cited, ii. [293] note
Beecher, Henry Ward, ii. [184] and note[3]
Beesly, Professor, speech of, at Trades Unions of London Meeting, ii. [292]
Belfast Whig, The, i. [70] note[1]; [231] note
Belligny, French Consul at Charleston, i. [185] note[1], [186], [188], [189], [191] and note[4]
Bell's Weekly Messenger, quoted, ii. [104]
Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of State, ii. [5]; Mercier's interview with, i. [284], [285]; report of, to Slidell on Mercier's visit, [284] note[2]; instructions of, to Slidell offering commercial advantages for French intervention, ii. [24] and note[2]; on idea of Confederate loan, [158]-[9]; recalls Mason, [179]; and recognition of the Confederacy, [217]; on the attitude of France to the Confederacy, [236] note[2]; plan of offering abolition of slavery in return for recognition, [249]; otherwise mentioned, i. [292]; ii. [88] note[2], [148], [154] note[1], [213] note[1]
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