Lord Lyndhurst to Mary Benjamin Motley, July 16, 1861

George Street,

July 16, 1861.

I have just finished Mr. Motley's very interesting letter, and feel most grateful for his endeavors to soothe the irritation existing in the Northern States toward this country. I hope when you write you will remember me kindly to him. Accept my best thanks for the communication, from which I have derived a much better account of the state of affairs on the other side of the water than from all the channels of information to which I have from time to time had access. I remain, my dear Mrs. Motley,

Most faithfully yours,

Lyndhurst.

SOURCE: George William Curtis, editor, The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley in Two Volumes, Library Edition, Volume 2, p. 180