Chapter I: K. Shaffer,

Merchants Hotel,
New York.

"Call on Martin immediately, I have his letter of 10th."

Manahan,
Maltby House.

This wire was to be my introduction to Martin. I located Martin and Burnett & Funkhouser in Broad Street near Beaver. I did not call on him immediately, as I wanted him to get anxious to see me first.

To keep him quiet on Maddox, I had him wired as follows:

Washington, D. C.,
Mch. 14, 1865.