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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 8 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Peace conference [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, February 25, 1900.] (search)
nd, he believed, would be willing to pay, as an indemnity for the slaves, what would be required to continue the war, but stated no amount (page 618). After a four hours talk, the subject of exchange of prisoners of war was brought up, and Mr. Lincoln said he would put the whole matter in the hands of General Grant, who was then at City Point, and then the conference broke up. I do not consider this an offer to pay for slaves. Within a week after this conference I met Mr. Stephens at Burkeville, on the Richmond & Danville railroad. I was on my way to Salisbury, N. C., where my headquarters then were, and he to his home in Georgia. The train was very slow, and we missed the connection at Danville, and therefore stayed all night at the tavern there. Mr. Stephens was full of the conference and the great meeting, which he had attended the night before, or two or three other nights before, at the African church, on Broad street in Richmond, and on the train and at night at the ta