[459] A Cycle of Adams' Letters, I, p. 91. Charles Francis Adams to his son, Dec. 27, 1861.
[460] See ante. Ch. IV.
[461] The Times, Dec. 25, 1861.
[462] James, William Wetmore Story and his Friends, II, pp. 108-9. The letters were sent to Robert Browning, who secured their publication through Dicey.
[463] C.F. Adams, The Trent Affair. Adams to Motley, Dec. 26, 1861. (Proceedings, Mass. Hist. Soc., XLV, p. 109).
[464] Ibid., p. 110.
[465] Palmerston had very close relations with Delane, of the Times, but that paper carefully maintained its independence of any party or faction.
[466] Gladstone Papers. Argyll to Gladstone, Dec. 30, 1861.
[467] State Dept., Eng., Vol. 78. No. 97. Adams to Seward, Jan. 2, 1862.
[468] Palmerston MS.