Respectfully and sincerely your friend, JOHN A. GILMER.[9] [Footnote 9: John A. Gilmer was Member of Congress from North Carolina, but a Union man throughout the war.] * * * * * WASHINGTON CITY, _March 11, 1861_. My Dear Miss Carroll: I will be pleased to see you to-morrow, any time convenient to yourself, after nine o'clock. I am not seeing any one just yet on the matter to which you refer, but, of course, will see _you_. You have my grateful thanks for the great and patriotic services you have rendered and are still rendering to the country in this crisis. I have the honor to be your friend and servant, S. P. CHASE.[10] [Footnote 10: Salmon P. Chase was U. S. Senator, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court.] * * * * * WASHINGTON CITY, _April 15, 1862_. My Dear Lady: I thank you for sending me the last number of your able essays in the New York _Times_. The President paid you a very handsome compliment in the Cabinet meeting yesterday, in reference to your usefulness to the country. He handed your views on colonization and the proper point to initiate the colony, which he said he had requested of you, to Secretary Smith, and said you had given him a better insight into the whole question than any one beside, and you had, on his inquiry, suggested the Interior Department as proper to look after the matter, and advised the Secretary to get into communication with you. This was no more than your desert, but, coming from the President in Cabinet meeting, it was as gratifying to me to hear as it is now to communicate this to you. With great regard, your obedient servant, EDWARD BATES. * * * * * HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, _May 13, 1862_. Miss Carroll: I send a package by your servant which came here yesterday, I suppose, as I had the honor to frank some of your documents from here. If you will excuse my poor writing I will tell you what Mr. Lincoln said about you last night.