[409] Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 443-444.

[410] Sheahan, Douglas, pp. 444-445.

[411] Major McConnell in the Transactions of the Illinois Historical Society, IV, p. 48; Linder, Early Bench and Bar of Illinois, pp. 80-82.

[412] Sheahan, Douglas, p. 444.

[413] Conversation with Judge R.M. Douglas.

[414] Washington Union, and Illinois State Register, May 26 and November 6, 1853.


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THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT