The whole story of the Russian
fleets with their exact instructions is told by F. A. Colder, "The
Russian Fleet and the Civil War," _Am. Hist. Rev_., July, 1915.]
[Footnote 457: Weed, _Autobiography_, II, pp. 354-61.]
[Footnote 458: _Ibid._, p. 365. Peabody to Weed, Jan, 17, 1862.]
[Footnote 459: _A Cycle of Adams' Letters_, I, p. 91. Charles Francis
Adams to his son, Dec. 27, 1861.]
[Footnote 460: See _ante_. Ch. IV.]
[Footnote 461: The _Times_, Dec. 25, 1861.]
[Footnote 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.]
[Footnote 463: C.F. Adams, _The Trent Affair_. Adams to Motley, Dec. 26,
1861. (_Proceedings_, Mass. Hist. Soc., XLV, p. 109).]
[Footnote 464: _Ibid._, p. 110.]
[Footnote 465: Palmerston had very close relations with Delane, of the
_Times_, but that paper carefully maintained its independence of any
party or faction.]
[Footnote 466: Gladstone Papers. Argyll to Gladstone, Dec. 30, 1861.]
[Footnote 467: State Dept., Eng., Vol. 78. No. 97. Adams to Seward, Jan.
2, 1862.]
[Footnote 468: Palmerston MS.]
[Footnote 469: Bancroft, _Seward_, II, p. 233. Lyons officially reported
that he carried no papers with him _(Parliamentary Papers_, 1862,
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