gency, London"; (2) a
copy despatch book, January 6, 1862, to December 31, 1864; (3) a copy
letter-book of drafts of "private" letters, May 28, 1864, to June 16,
1865. All these materials were secured by Mr. Adams from Professor J.F.
Jameson, who had received them from Henry Vignaud. Since Mr. Adams'
death in 1915 no trace of these Hotze materials has been found. My
references, then, to "Hotze Papers," must rest on my notes, and
transcripts of many letters, taken in 1912-13. Describing his activities
to Benjamin, Hotze stated that in addition to maintaining the _Index_,
he furnished news items and _editorials_ to various London papers, had
seven paid writers on these papers, and was a pretty constant
distributor of "boxes of cigars imported from Havana ... American
whiskey and other articles." He added: "It is, of course, out of the
question to give vouchers." (Hotze Papers MS. Letter Book. Hotze to
Benjamin, No. 19, March 14, 1863.) In Hotze's cash book one of his
regular payees was Percy Gregg who afterwards wrote a history of the
Confederacy. Hotze complained that he could get no "paid writer" on
the _Times_.]

[Footnote 1044: See _ante_, Ch. XI.]

[Footnote 1045: Lyons Papers, Feb. 14, 1863.]

[Footnote 1046: Mason Papers, March 18, 1863.]

[Footnote 1047: Pickett Papers. Slidell to Benjamin, No. 34, May 3,
1863. This despatch is omitted by Richardson.]

[Footnote 1048: Schwab, _The Confederate States of America_ gives the
best analysis and history of Southern financing.]

[Footnote 1049: It is possible that a few were disposed of to
contractors in payment for materials.]

[Footnote 1050: Mason Papers. Mason to Slidell, Sept. 27, 1862.]

[Footnote 1051: _Ibid._, Slidell to Mason, Oct. 2, 1862.]

[Footnote 1052: Slidell's daughter was engaged to be married to
Erlanger's son.]

[Footnote 1053: Slidell himself wrote: "I should not have gone so far in
recommending these propositions ... had I not the best reason to believe
that even in anticipation of its acceptance the very strongest influence
will be enlisted in our favour." (Richardson, II, p. 340. To Benjamin,
Oct. 28, 1862.)]

[Footnote 1054: Schwab, _The Confederate States of America_, pp. 30-31.
Schwab is in error in stating that Erlanger himself went to Richmond,
since it appears from Slidell's letters that he was in constant contact
with Erlanger in Paris during the time the "agents" were in Richmond.]

[Footnote 1055: Richardson, II, 399-401, Ja