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France and the Confederate Navy, 1862-1868; an international episode, by John Bigelow.
- Title
- France and the Confederate Navy, 1862-1868; an international episode, by John Bigelow.
- Author
- Bigelow, John, 1817-1911
- Publication
- New York, Harper & Brothers, 1888.
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- Description
- x p., 1 l., 247 p.; 20 cm.
- Subject
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- I.: The imperial government compromised ; Iron-clads building for the confederates at Bordeaux and Nantes ; Captain Bullock's confessions -- III.: An instruction from Secretary Seward ; French press forbidden to publish Berryer's opinion -- IV.: The press and the imperial ministers ; Mexican loan failure ; Delivery of the iron-clads to the insurgents forbidden ; The emperor charged with bad faith by the confederates -- V.: The plot to secure one of the iron-clads ; Emperor waiting for Lee to take Washington to recognize the confederacy ; A confederate iron-clad escapes ; Its arrival on the French coast ; Takes refuge in Spain ; Watched by the United States frigate Niagara -- VII.: The Spanish government asked to detain the Stonewall ; The career of the Stonewall ; ...Until her final surrender to the United States authorities at Havana ; Vindication of Commodore Craven
- (Con.) IX.: Slidell's first interview with the emperor ; Benjamin's proposal to hire the emperor's fleet to break the blockade ; Common cause with the French in Mexico -- X.: Slidell's second interview with the emperor ; ...Confederate government had no objection to his seizing St. Domingo -- XI.: ...Roebuck's proposal to interview the emperor -- XII.: Slidell's first interview with Drouyn de Lhuys -- XIV.: Drouyn de Lhuys refuses permission to advertise the confederate cotton loan in France ; Refusal withdrawn by order of the emperor -- XVI.: Letters of Slidell and Benjamin ; Edwin de Leon's mission to "enlighten public opinion in Europe" ; Slidell's effort to tempt the emperor with a bribe ; Bull the confederate cotton loan in the London market at an expense of over $ 6,000,000 in a single month -- XVII.: Message from General Prim ; His proposal to sell Cuba for $ 3,000,000 -- Appendix B: Court-Martial of Commodore Craven.
- LCCN
- ^^^02017521^
- OCLC
- 1384270
- SCSB-10735454
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library