Great Britain and the American Civil War

by Ephraim Douglass Adams

[242] U.S. Messages and Documents, 1861-2, p. 94. Adams to Seward, May 21, 1861.

[243] Text given in Parliamentary Papers, 1862, Lords, Vol XXV. "Correspondence respecting International Maritime Law." No. 18.

[244] Ibid., No. 25.

[245] Ibid., No. 26.

[246] U.S. Messages and Documents, 1861-2, p. 124. Adams to Seward, Aug. 2, 1861.

[247] Parliamentary Papers, 1862, Lords, Vol. XXV, "Correspondence respecting International Maritime Law." No. 28.

[248] Ibid., No. 31.

[249] Ibid., No. 32.

[250] Moore, Digest. VII, pp. 578 and 581.

[251] The point of Russell's Declaration was made very early in the London press. Thus the Saturday Review. June 8, 1861, commenting on the report that America was ready to adhere to the Declaration of Paris, stated that this could have no effect on the present war but would be welcomed for its application after this war was over.