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" After the war closed I thought we might get up a fuud of £10,000, but 

 on the advice of Mr. Dudley I dropped the idea. Some time afterwards a 

 gentleman called upon me one morning with a note from his father en- 

 closing £50 to be given to certain American travelers if I thought well of 

 it. The sou said that if I thought it desirable, his firm would give £1000 

 to begin a subscription worthy of the town. I sent once more to Mr. 

 Dudley, giving him in confidence the name. After mature thought, he 

 again gave an opinion similar to that he had given before. Neither of 

 these gentlemen had joined our agitation. 



"With regard to Mr. Dudley's eleven years' work in Liverpool, I would 

 like to say that I had the good fortune to enjoy his friendship from the 

 middle of the war until lie resigned his oflice of Consul, and can say that 

 he was an indefatigable worlier, tliough all the time labouring under great 

 physical disabilities. He kept a strict watch upon the enemies of the 

 United States, and at the same time was urbane to all who had any busi- 

 ness at the consulate. When the full history of that revolutionary period 

 comes to be written his name will be found amongst the most honourable. 



"A life perhaps too busy has prevented me from keeping documents 

 concerning passing events, but what I have here written is from memory 

 aided by some odds and ends and preserved letters. I have purposely ab- 

 stained writing about war ships, blocliade runners, confederate bonds and 

 so on, as, if I began, it would require volumes to finisli the story. In 

 hunting through old papers in the last few days I find I have still a pretty 

 complete set of my letters exposing the celebrated cotton loan. I am glad 

 to think that the eventual sufferers were not unwarned both from the 

 commercial and the moral side. 



"My pamphlets are out of print, so I cannot send you a set, but I find I 

 have a few copies of the three latest and I send you two of each of them. 



"You ask for a few incidents which might prove interesting. I have 

 given you one about our old friend, John Patterson, but now recall his 

 name to say that he kept full reports of every meeting held, and all pub- 

 lished correspondence that he noticed. I dare say his family has them. 



"Charles E. Rawlins wrote the best book brought out amongst us. It is 

 called American Disunion. It was published in April, 1863. It has only 

 one fault. He shows himselfquite too charitably disposed to his opponents; 

 but that was his constant characteristic. You may have the book in your 

 library. 



" Thomas Ellison, a cotton broker, wrote a book called Slavery and Se- 

 cession. It was published just before that by Mr. Rawlins. 



"The Rev. J. S. Jones was remarkable for his broad sympathies. He 

 was very 'high church' in his views, but he visited, preached in, and 

 lived in the vilest part of Liverpool, and at a nominal salary. I believe he 

 has now similar surroundings in London. He stood second to none 

 amongst our friends. 



"The Rev. Charles M. Birrell was a leading Baptist minister, and 

 joined us on account of the moral aspect of the question at issue. He 



