Annotation
[1] ALS, MHi. Everett's letter of November 15, 1861, with enclosure, is not in the Lincoln Papers, but a copy preserved in the Everett letterbook (MHi) explains that Everett enclosed a communication from ``. . . a gentleman living in New York. . . . He is a brother of Judge Donnell of New Bern, formerly I believe Chief Justice, certainly one of the Superior judges of North Carolina, a gentleman of wealth and influence. . . .'' Richard S. Donnell of New Bern, North Carolina, was a Whig member of congress 1847-1849, but in the absence of the letter which Everett forwarded, accurate identification of Everett's correspondent has not been possible.