(Fitzmaurice, _Granville_, I, Ch.

XVI.)] [Footnote 1171: Mason Papers.

Slidell to Mason, March 13, 1864.] [Footnote 1172: This came through a letter from Donoughmore to Mason, April 4, 1864, stating that it was private information received by Delane from Mackay, the _Times_ New York correspondent.

The expected Southern victory was to come "in about fourteen days." (Mason Papers.)] [Footnote 1173: _Ibid._] [Footnote 1174: Mason Papers.

Lindsay to Beresford Hope, April 8, 1864.] [Footnote 1175: _Ibid._, Lindsay to Mason, May 10, 1864.] [Footnote 1176: July 18, 1864.] [Footnote 1177: Mason Papers.] [Footnote 1178: Sample letter in Mason Papers.] [Footnote 1179: Mason Papers.