Footnote 27: Copied by me on March 23, 1891, from the file at the office of the Attorney General.
S. E. Blackwell. [(back)]
Footnote 28: Written to recommend Pilot Scott for information given.[(back)]
Footnote 29: Copied by me from the file at the office of the Attorney General, March 23, 1891. S. E. Blackwell.[(back)]
Footnote 30: Abbie M. Gannet, in the Boston Sunday Herald, February, 1890.[(back)]
Footnote 31: Abbie M. Gannet, in the Boston Sunday Herald.[(back)]
Footnote 32: Thomas Corwin was Secretary of the Treasury under Fillmore, U. S. Senator, a noted lawyer and wit, and a man of letters.[(back)]
Footnote 33: Benjamin H. Brewster was a noted lawyer of Philadelphia and a member of Arthur's Cabinet.[(back)]
Footnote 34: Edwards Pierrepont was Minister to England under Grant.[(back)]
Footnote 35: Elisha Whittlesey was Comptroller of the Treasury at the time of his death, a very distinguished lawyer in Ohio, and for many terms a Representative in Congress.[(back)]
Footnote 36: I copied this from a printed account some years ago. Conversing lately with a friend of General Bragg, I was assured that this was the first bill prepared.[(back)]