[2] See Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1901, pp. 113-114.

[3] Vermont Historical Gazetteer, III, p. 457.

[4] Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society, 1901, p. 115.

[5] Mr. B.F. Field in the Vermonter, January, 1897.

[6] For many facts relating to Douglas's life, I am indebted to an unpublished autobiographical sketch in the possession of his son, Judge R.M. Douglas, of Greensboro, North Carolina.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.

[16] This is the impression of all who knew him personally, then and afterward. See Arnold, Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar.

[17] MS. Autobiography.