"It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Charles Francis Adams Sr., Despatch to Earl Russell at a period of diplomatic tension between the US and Britain during the American Civil War (September 5, 1863); Correspondence concerning Claims against Great Britain, vol. 2 (Washington, D.C., 1870), p. 365