[16] This is the impression of all who knew him personally, then and afterward. See Arnold, Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar.
[17] MS. Autobiography.
[18] MS. Autobiography.
[19] MS. Autobiography.
[20] Kirby, Sketch of Joseph Duncan in Fergus Historical Series No. 29; also Historic Morgan, p. 60.
[21] Ibid.
[22] Speech at Jonesboro, in the debate with Lincoln, Sept. 15, 1858.
[23] MS. Autobiography.
[24] Kirby, Joseph Duncan.
[25] James S. Anderson in Historic Morgan.