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“Such an arrangement…”

Merli, F. J. (2005). Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865. Bloomington, Ind: Indiana University Press, pp. 190-91, 127.

“Every southerner in Paris…”

Letter from Henry Shelton Sanford to William Seward, September 24, 1861, held in the State Department archives at the Archives II facility in Washington D.C.

“…congregated at the Grand…”

Long, R. E. (2015). In the shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.

“…visited the Louvre…”

From the July 7, 1863, entry of the Parisian war diary of Dabney Minor Scales, a relative of the Maury family. The transcription was completed by Russell Hooper, who is in possession of the original diary as well. As noted many times above, I’m very grateful to Mr. Hooper for his wisdom as to all things related to the Maury family, and for his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…Hôtel des Invalides…”

From the July 15, 1863, entry of the Parisian war diary of Dabney Minor Scales, a relative of the Maury family. The transcription was completed by Russell Hooper, who is in possession of the original diary as well. As noted many times above, I’m very grateful to Mr. Hooper for his wisdom as to all things related to the Maury family, and for his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…Hôtel de Cluny…”

From the August 21, 1863, entry of the Parisian war diary of Dabney Minor Scales, a relative of the Maury family. The transcription was completed by Russell Hooper, who is in possession of the original diary as well. As noted many times above, I’m very grateful to Mr. Hooper for his wisdom as to all things related to the Maury family, and for his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…thrice-weekly balls…”

From the July 14, 1863, entry of the Parisian war diary of Dabney Minor Scales, a relative of the Maury family. The transcription was completed by Russell Hooper, who is in possession of the original diary as well. As noted many times above, I’m very grateful to Mr. Hooper for his wisdom as to all things related to the Maury family, and for his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…a chain of gas lights half a mile long.”

From the August 15, 1863, entry of the Parisian war diary of Dabney Minor Scales, a relative of the Maury family. The transcription was completed by Russell Hooper, who is in possession of the original diary as well. As noted many times above, I’m very grateful to Mr. Hooper for his wisdom as to all things related to the Maury family, and for his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…five hundred phosphide fuses…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, pp. 411-12.

“…learned that Sims was in Paris…”

There is no document that indicates that Maury was aware that Sims was in Paris, but it’s highly likely that he did. By this time, Sims had become quite famous in Parisian society, and, as will be documented below, he was throwing parties and weddings that were Confederate in nature, and were frequented by members of the Confederate navy.

“…Lewis now called her Ankey…”

See “…Ankey or Anky…,” above.

“…Maximilian and his wife, Carlotta.”

Transcript of an entry from the diary of John Bigelow, an American official in Paris during the war, held in the John Bigelow Papers in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library in New York, New York.

There is no other record of Sims having been asked to travel to Mexico to operate on Carlotta.

“…Sims had the emperor’s ear…”

Sims’s meeting with the Emperor is documented below.

“…a violent secessionist…”

Sanford appears to have been unaware of the fact that Sims was mingling regularly with members of the Confederate Navy. The image of “violent secessionist” included in the printed book comes from this letter.

Transcript of a letter from Henry Shelton Sanford to William Seward, September 24, 1861, held in the State Department archives at the Archives II facility in Washington D.C.

“…a meeting place for southerners…”

The “Paris letter” quoted and pictured in the printed book appeared in the Daily Selma Reporter (Selma, Alabama), March 7, 1863, p. 2.

“…finished its cruise at Cherbourg.”

See “…thick, grassy crop…,” above.