Annotation
[1] Copy (?), DLC-Nicolay Papers. In John Hay's handwriting, this document may be either a copy or a draft composed by Hay. Whether Lincoln ever signed or sent such a letter is uncertain. Count Gasparin's letter from Geneva, December 2, 1861, commented on the Trent affair, that although the right of search was beyond question, the arrest of Mason and Slidell on a British ship influenced the opinion of Europe as well as England against the United States.