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“…lengthened by the imperial goatee…”
“…near-perfect English…”
“…spoke about his mother’s death…”
“Even his gentleness…”
“…a year into its speculative Mexican venture…”
“Lincoln had offered recognition…”
“…regarded as an act of war.”
“…the sentiments of citizens of the United States…”
“…since then, Fredericksburg.”
“…enjoyed a maritime advantage.”
“…inexhaustible supplies of coal and iron…”
“…never docked at an American port?”
“…lengthened by the imperial goatee…”
Evans, T. W., & Crane, E. A. (1905). The memoirs of Dr. Thomas W. Evans. New York: D. Appleton and Co., p. 33.
“…near-perfect English…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 332.
“…spoke about his mother’s death…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 332.
“Even his gentleness…”
See “The royals behaved quite like normal people…,” above.
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 332.
“…a year into its speculative Mexican venture…”
The second Franco-Mexican war began in late 1861.
“Lincoln had offered recognition…”
Letter from Slidell to Benjamin, March 16, 1864, included in the following book.
Bigelow, J. (1909). Retrospections of an active life, Vol. 2, 1863-1865, New York: Baker & Taylor, p. 162.
“…regarded as an act of war.”
Letter from Secretary of State William Seward to William Dayton, April 24, 1863. This transcription is held in the State Department archives at the Archives II facility in Washington D.C.
“…the sentiments of citizens of the United States…”
I have added the Georgia to this list.
Letter from William Dayton to Secretary of State William Seward, April 9, 1863. This transcription is held in the State Department archives at the Archives II facility in Washington D.C.
“…since then, Fredericksburg.”
The Battle of Fredericksburg is documented in some detail later in a later chapter.
“…enjoyed a maritime advantage.”
See “…its navy conferred upon it…,” above.
“…inexhaustible supplies of coal and iron…”
This passage summarizes the entirety of Slidell’s letter, which runs several dozen pages long.
Letter from John Slidell to Minister of Foreign Affairs Édouard Thouvenel, July 21, 1862, held at the Archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères, in Paris, France.
“…never docked at an American port?”
See “…a crew of Englishmen,” above.
Letter from Henry Shelton Sanford to Secretary of State William Seward to William Dayton, June 9, 1863. This transcription is held in the State Department archives at the Archives II facility in Washington D.C.