To Russell, March 24, 1863.)] [Footnote 986: _U.S.Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1863, Pt.

I, p.

141.
Seward to Adams, March 9, 1863.] [Footnote 987: F.O., Am., Vol.

869, No.147.Russell to Lyons, March 24, 1863.] [Footnote 988: _Ibid._, Vol.

869, No.155.Russell to Lyons, March 27, 1863.] [Footnote 989: Welles, _Diary_, I, pp.