there is robert lathum and richard shell. these are real figures. but the actual behavior of the seward lobby is totally different from the po trail on screen. so for example you remember if you saw this movie these are like shakespearian characters. this is james spader is fallstaff, funny guys, drinkers, gamblers, seedy, at this squirrel infested hotel in these dark rooms, bribing congressmen, the worst kind of, you know, stereotypical lobbyists. but in reality, okay, in reality bilbo, straight out of the cox chapter, he was known for his elaborate waist coats, long side burns and elegant manners. you remember james spader in that movie. he did not have elegant manners. bilbo was this prominent wig attorney from tennessee who switched sides in the mid of the war. he is interesting and elusive and nefarious in some ways but also not obscure. he knew abraham lincoln. we have letters in the lincoln papers. they had met each other and discussed strategy in november and december of 1864. he didn't live in a squirrel infested hotel. when he was in washi