February 24? Jefferson Davis did not write his letter to Lincoln introducing his delegation until February 27 - Link The delegates did not reach D.C. until March - Link. So how could the New York Times be calling them a "Peace Commission" when they hadn't even left the South with their ultimatum?
It is not likely that these Peace Commissioners were Crawford, Forsythe, and Roman, but the indisputable case is made that the term PEACE COMMISIONER was in wide usage as Lincoln was being inaugurated.
Damned right it isn't. Nobody ever referred to Davis' three stooges as a peace commission, because that wasn't what they were there for. What the paper is referring to, no doubt, were the people Letcher had pulled together - the self-proclaimed "Virginia Peace Commssion".
Is it possible that you have never heard of the Letcher's Virginia Peace Commission? Is your knowledge of the history of the period that poor?
What the paper is referring to, no doubt, were the people Letcher had pulled together - the self-proclaimed "Virginia Peace Commssion".
But in your own post number 650 you said:
The title ‘Peace Commission’ is a bit of post-rebellion Southron revisionism, circa late 20th century.
First you say the term was not in use. Then you say it was. Looks like you engage in revisionism yourself....or maybe just some confusion?