Autograph letter signed : London, to E. W. Coggeshall, 1863 May 16.

Concerning British public opinion of America and the American Civil War ("The hostile feeling towards America which has to some extent existed here is now greatly modified - & I feel confident that anything which tends to the restoration of the Union will give pleasure to the great majority of our people. The great evil of your country has been the crime of slavery. For 30 years or more this strife has been coming on & now the question must be settled").