[6] For many facts relating to Douglas's life, I am indebted to an unpublished autobiographical sketch in the possession of his son, Judge R.M. Douglas, of Greensboro, North Carolina.
[7] Wheeler, Biographical History of Congress, p. 61; also MS. Autobiography.
[8] Troy Whig, July 6, 1860.
[9] MS. Autobiography.
[10] Ibid.
[11] MS. Autobiography; see Wheeler, Biographical History, p. 62.
[12] Ibid.
[13] Vermonter, January, 1897.
[14] MS. Autobiography.
[15] This story was repeated to me by Judge Douglas, on the authority, I believe, of Senator Lapham of New York.