248, 249 Combe, George, _Notes on the United States, etc._, cited, i.

29 Confederate Commissioners to Europe, the: Bunch's characterization of, i.

63; unofficial interview with Russell, 85-6, 106, 158; protest against closing of British ports, 170 _note_[2]; replaced by "Special Commissioners," 203; attempt to make use of the _Trent_ affair, 214; British attitude to, not modified by _Trent_ affair, 235; policy of, with regard to recognition and the blockade, i.

264-5, 267, 273, 300; acquire a "confidential" document, 265 _and note_[2]; hopes of, from Parliament, 265, 266, 272; instructions of the first Commissioners, ii.

4 _and note_[3]; failure of the first Commission, 4-5; suggest a treaty on African Slave Trade, 88 _note_[2]; slavery abolition offer, 249 Confederate Agents' correspondence, collections of, i.