CHAPTER 42
1. Star, April 22, 1859.
2. Vermont Chronicle, 1859.
3. Herald, April 22, 1859.
4. Times, April 14, 1859.
5. Albany Journal, March 8, 1859.
6. Sun, April 22, 1859.
CHAPTER 43
1. Frederick Douglas’s Paper (NY), April 22, 1859.
2. Reprinted in Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, April 22, 1859.
3. Herald, April 23, 1859.
4. Herald, April 23, 1859.
CHAPTER 44
1. Milwaukee Sentinel, April 22, 1859.
2. Marvel, 108.
3. Herald, April 24, 1859.
CHAPTER 46
1. Morning Advertiser, May 10, 1859.
2. Herald, April 27, 1859.
3. Morning Advertiser, May 10, 1859.
4. Morning Advertiser, May 10, 1859.
5. Herald, April 27, 1859.
6. New York Times, April 27, 1859.
7. Morning Advertiser, May 10, 1859.
8. New York Times, April 27, 1859.
9. Edwards Clarke, “James T. Brady,” The Galaxy, May 1, 1869: 716–29.
CHAPTER 47
1. Herald, April 28, 1859.
2. Crawford to Ellis Lewis, April 28, 1859. Crawford papers, Yale.
3. Herald, May 7, 1859; Boston Journal, April 28, 1859; Star, April 30, 1859; Star, May 16, 1859.
4. Herald, May 27, 1859.
5. Dollar Weekly Mirror, June 18, 1859.
6. Alexandria Gazette, May 7, 1859.
7. Boston Post, May 2, 1861.
8. Herald, July 19, 1859.
9. Daily Confederation, August 14, 1859.
10. Herald, July 12, 1859.
11. Daily Confederation, August 14, 1859.
12. New York Times, July 21, 1859.
CHAPTER 48
1. Mary Chestnut, Mary Chestnut’s Civil War (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981), 379.
2. London Daily News, August 22, 1859.
3. Keneally, 204-05.
4. New York Times, January 8, 1861.
5. Keneally, 211.
6. New York Times, December 14, 1859.
7. Keneally, 219.
8. Keneally, 284.
CHAPTER 49
1. Star, April 27, 1859.
2. Ireland, 130.
3. Sun, February 13, 1859; April 8, 1843; Maine Cultivator and Hallowell Gazette, July 1, 1843; Daily Atlas, May 8, 1843.
4. American and Commercial Advertiser, September 29, 1859; Spirit of Jefferson, October 23, 1846 and October 30, 1846.
5. Intelligencer, January 2, 1858; Herald, January 21, 1858 and January 22, 1858; Sacramento Daily Union, December 19, 1857.
6. Herald, January 22, 1858.
7. Sacramento Daily Union, June 20, 1856; National Intelligencer, July 29, 1856.
8. George Alfred Townsend, Washington Outside and Inside, 309.
9. Robert Ireland, “Insanity and the Unwritten Law,” The American Journal of Legal History, vol. 32, no. 2 (April 1988), pp. 157-172.
10. Remarkable Trials of All Countries, 345.
11. Lawrence M. Friedman and William E. Havemann, “The Rise and Fall of the Unwritten Law: Sex, Patriarchy, and Vigilante Justice in the American Courts,” 61 Buffalo Law Review 997 (2013); Daily Argus, April 24, 1868; Ireland, 31.
12. “Murder by Gaslight,” http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/07/richardson-mcfarland-tragedy.html; records of the Library of Congress.
13. “The Black-McKaig Homicide,” http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2013/03/the-black-mckaig-hommicide.html.
14. Robert Ireland, “The Libertine Must Die: Sexual Dishonor and The Unwritten Law in the Nineteenth Century United States,” Journal of Social History, v. 23, no. 1 (Autumn 1989), pp. 27-44, 27 (Ireland 1); Friedman 1017, 1018; Kansas City Times, October 29, 1909.
15. Friedman, 1010-11.
16. Friedman, 1032, 1036, 1044.
17. Virginia Law Register, June 1907, 107.
18. Friedman, 998, 1024.
19. Friedman, 1021-22.
20. Friedman, 999.
21. Richmond Times Dispatch, October 1, 1916.
22. Friedman, 1030.
23. Friedman, 1018-20, 1025, 1036, 1040.
24. Friedman, 1026.
25. Oregonian, October 16, 1949.
26. Friedman, 1047.
27. Friedman, 1045-46.
28. Friedman, 1003.
29. Clark, 38-39.
30. Clark, 50-51.
EPILOGUE
1. New York Times, February 15, 1862.
2. Thomas Kirwan, History of the Seventeenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers; William Kerrigan, Johnny Appleseed and the American: A Cultural History, 169; Cincinnati Daily Gazette, October 17, 1871.
3. Charleston Mercury, April 5, 1862; Daily Naitonal Republican, August 11, 1862.
4. Los Angeles Herald, September 5, 1875, reprinting from S. F. Bulleton of 6th inst; Daily Post (San Francisco), May 7, 1875.
5. New York Times, December 29, 1886.
6. Stephen Fiske, “Offhand Portraits of Famous New Yorkers,”, 284.
7. Fiske, 287; Tribune, January 6, 1882.
Index
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A
adultery, 118, 195–96, 236–39, 242, 258, 265, 275–77, 283–85, 287, 292, 308
Albany Evening Journal, 147, 255, 269
Alexandria Gazette, 32, 218
Arnold, Rezin, 169, 289
Atlas and Daily Bee (Boston), 210–11
Austin, John, 191–92
B
Bacon, Charles G., 229, 256
Bacon, Marshal, 59–62, 126, 204
Bagioli, Antonio, 11, 18, 123
Baltimore Exchange, 122
Baltimore Sun, 102, 120, 296, 306
Beauchamp, Jereboam, 305
Beecher, Henry Ward, 129–30, 309
Beekman, Stephen, 59–62, 65, 71, 74, 125–26, 204, 245, 264
Bell, Lewis, 148, 239
Bennett, James Gordon, 2–3, 100, 122, 155, 192,
Bennett, Mrs. James Gordon, 252
Benton, Thomas Hart, 72
Berrett, James, 8, 90
Black, Jeremiah, 42, 86–87, 113
Black, Myra, 310
Bonitz, William, 86–87
Boston Journal, 93, 102–103, 121, 153, 221
Boston Recorder, 255
Boston Traveler, 135
Brady, James Topham, 157–60, 166, 174, 181, 184, 188–89, 204–206, 210, 217, 219, 223, 226, 228, 231, 234, 236–38, 243, 244–45, 250, 252–53, 257–60, 262, 265–66, 268, 270–71, 274, 277, 279–81, 283, 289, 291–93, 308–309, 319
Branch, Lawrence, 88
Brien, Joseph P., 168
Brodhead, Richard, 274
Brooks, Preston, 37–38, 40, 261
Brown, Aaron, 137
Brown, George, 70
Brown, Nancy, 119, 235–36, 242–44
Buchanan, James, 1–2, 21–24, 27, 38–43, 56, 63–64, 66, 82, 86–87, 103, 113, 122, 148, 213, 319
Bulkley, Rev. C.H.A., 234
Burlingame, Anson, 4
Butler, Abraham, 169
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 13
Butterworth, Samuel, 41, 82–86, 88–91, 103, 107, 115–16, 141, 149–50, 182, 211, 222, 253, 263, 267, 274, 320, 332
C
Calhoun, John C., 45
Carlisle, James, 34, 71, 108, 117, 168, 170, 205–206, 210, 216, 219, 222–23, 227–29, 231, 234–38, 246, 258, 260, 262, 266, 270–71, 275–76, 289
Chestnut, Mary, 301
Children’s Aid Society, 101
Chilton, Samuel, 114, 159, 289, 292
Cincinn
ati Commercial Tribune, 102
Clarendon Hotel, 24
Clark, Champ, 315–17
Clay, Clement, 88
Clay, Henry, 45, 98, 154
Clay, Virginia, 4–5, 57, 88
Club House, 70–72, 83–90, 115–16, 131, 141, 183–84, 188, 197, 210, 222, 224, 229, 265–66, 310
Cole, George, 308–309
Congregationalist, 141
Congressional Globe, 59, 213, 271
Coolidge, Richard, 87, 188–89
Cooney, John, 252, 257
Cox, Richard, 35
Crawford, Thomas (judge), 35, 38–39, 150, 159, 166–67, 170, 172–74, 178, 181, 190, 198, 218, 220, 224, 228–29, 242, 253, 262, 270, 275, 277, 279, 285–88, 290, 295, 307
Curry, David, 143
Cuyler, John, 228
D
Da Ponte, Lorenzo (father), 11, 18, 209,
Da Ponte, Lorenzo (the younger), 11–13, 234
Daily Confederation (Alabama), 204, 297
Daily Journal (North Carolina), 103
Daily Pennsylvanian, 102
Daily Standard (Louisville), 133
Daily Union, 23, 177
Davis, Jefferson, 65, 87, 221, 320
Davis, Verina, 221
Daw, William, 87, 89–90, 267
Decatur House, 291, 295
Decatur, Stephen, 47
Delafield, Edward, 182, 271
Democrats, xii, 21–22, 25–27, 41, 63, 213
Derringer, 38, 116, 183, 187, 189, 190, 210, 280, 286, 292, 308
Dougherty, Daniel, 209–210
Douglas, Frederick
Douglas, Stephen, 22, 25, 38, 42, 57, 78, 213, 247, 269, 273
Doyle, Francis, 86, 88, 184, 265, 270
Drayton, Daniel, 33–35, 37, 168
Dudrow, Joseph, 182, 270
Duffy, Bridget, 75, 79, 82, 216, 222, 250
E
Emerson, George, 251–52
Evening Post, 102, 123, 241
Evening Star (Washington), xii, 90, 103, 120, 121, 207, 221
Ewell House, 2–3, 46–47, 57, 61, 82–84, 88, 90, 131, 210, 244–45
Ewell, Thomas, 46
F
Forney, John, 21, 23, 27, 38, 66
Foster, John, 123
Franklin, Benjamin, 9, 97
Fremont, Jesse Benton, 32, 72, 122
Fremont, John C., 39
Fullalove, James, 170
G
George III (king), 200
Glens Falls Academy, 9
Graham, John, 43, 159–60, 174, 177, 191–94, 198, 203, 204, 211, 243, 258, 268, 271, 289, 305, 309
Greenhow, Rose O’Neal, 257, 263
Gwin, Mary, 57, 63, 65
Gwin, William, 66, 82, 88, 116
H
Hadfield, James, 200
Haley, Rev., 92–93, 107, 130, 167, 171, 227, 258, 292, 296, 320
Hall, David, 33
Hamilton, Alexander, 102
Hanchett, David, xii
Hanscombe, Simon, 210, 292
Harper’s (New York), 91, 139, 141, 293, 320
Harrison, William Henry, 31, 97
Hart, Emanuel, 107, 119, 160, 207, 215
Haskin, John, 59, 70, 101, 206, 241, 243, 245–46
Heberton, Mahlon, 306
Herbert, Philemon, 39–40
Holden, Arthur, 143
Hood, Alfred, 144
Hoover, Jonah, 42–43, 60–61, 71, 77, 204, 213
Hopkins, Major, 235, 292
Howard, Charles, 259, 266
Hudson River, 10, 319
I
Iago, 227, 263, 265
Independent Democrat, 241
insanity defense, 200, 308
J
Jackson, Andrew, 3, 10, 13, 22–23, 31–32, 38, 46, 72, 100,
Jarboe (legal case), 217, 237, 285,
Jarboe, Daniel, 307–308
Jefferson, Thomas, 46
Jones, Charles Lee, 233, 259–60
Jones, Laura Crawford, 17, 103, 126, 154, 221, 225
Journal of the Assembly of New York, 122
K
Kansas-Nebraska Act, the, 25
Keating, Thomas, 38
Key, Barton, II, xi, 5-6, 29-30, 33, 37, 39, 41-42, 46, 51, 59, 64, 70, 72, 75, 88, 91, 97, 102, 108, 117, 151, 153, 165, 168, 177-79, 196, 282, 286, 301, 307-8, 317, 321
Key, Ellen, 36
Key, Francis Scott, 29-30
Kiltberger, Charles, 173
L
Lafayette Square, 45-47, 70, 78, 81, 103, 131, 133, 137, 140, 153, 210, 214, 222, 226, 228-29, 256, 267, 274, 291, 309, 316
Lane, Harriet, 24, 122
Leslie, Frank, 139-40
Libertine, 50
Lincoln, Abraham, 246, 324
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 302, 316
London Daily News, 172
Lott, Rev. D.G., 144
Louisville Daily Courier, 102, 187
M
M’Naghten, Daniel, 199-201
Madison Place, 181-83, 235, 256-57
Madison, Dolly, 45
Magnetic Telegraph Company, The, 98
Magruder, Allen, 111, 114
Mann, Charles, 244
Manning (legal case), 285
Martin, Thomas, 86, 183
McBlair, John, 267, 291
McCluskey, Felix, 255-56
McCormick, Cyrus, 10, 183
McDonald, John, 257
McElhone, John, 59, 213
McFarland, Daniel, 309
McKaig, William, 310
McNulty, Caleb, 112
Meagher, Thomas, 215, 258, 319
Megaffey, Albert, 71
Mercer, Sarah, 306
Miller, Thomas, 224
Mills, Robert, 91
Millson, John, 51
Milwaukee Sentinel, 273
Mohun, Francis, 216, 281
Morse, Samuel, 98
N
Nally, Rufus, 307
New York Herald, 2, 103, 107, 123, 165, 174, 261, 296-97, 307
New York Post, 241
New York Sunday Courier, 15
New York Times, 1-2, 39, 100, 104, 126, 139, 154, 241, 263, 295, 296, 309, 320
O
O’Flaherty, Edmund, 104, 320
Oregonian, 314
Ould, Robert, 148, 168, 177, 211, 283, 320
P
Parker, S.S., 81, 229
Pendleton, Alice Key, 64
Pendleton, George, 32, 225, 258
Philadelphia Despatch, 120
Philadelphia Inquirer, 165, 204
Phillips, Philip, 172, 205, 223, 238-39, 289, 305
Piccolomini, 207
Pierce, Franklin, 2, 21-23, 25
Poe, Edgar Allan, 11
Polk, James K., 14, 22
Poore, Benjamin Perley, 148
Prim, Orrin, 144
Pyne, Rev. Smith, 214
Q
Queen against Fisher (legal case), 237
R
R. P. G., 6, 52, 230, 252-53, 262-64
Rapley, William, 230
Ratcliffe, Daniel, 111, 113, 168, 242
Reed, James, 181, 189
Republicans, xii, 4, 25, 27, 40-41, 63, 171, 301,
Richmond Dispatch, 119
Richmond Whig, 306
Ridgeley, C.M., 79
S
Schouler, William, 273
Scott, Winfield, 21
Seeley, John, 73
Sharp, Solomon, 305
Shea, Timothy, 191
Sickles Trial, 126, 174, 218, 221, 225, 246, 249, 253, 255, 295-96, 308, 314, 320
Sickles, Daniel, xi-xii, 9, 18, 41-42, 46, 67, 100, 114, 122, 140, 144, 147, 149, 151, 182, 193, 207, 222, 242, 296, 308, 315,
Sickles, George, 218
Sickles, Laura, 214, 302
Sickles, Teresa, 41, 56, 64, 66, 71, 104, 154, 173, 203, 264, 297
Simmons, Richard, 170
Skippen, Charles, 168
Slidell, John, 42
Slidell, Mathilde, 57
Smith, Thomas
Washington, 306
Stanton, Edwin, 111, 159, 319
Star Spangled Banner, 25, 30-32, 36, 64, 103
Stuart, William, 2, 100, 104, 133, 149, 166, 198, 219-20, 288, 293
Suit, James, 87, 267
Sumner, Charles, 36
Swanberg, William, 263
Swinton, William, 69
T
Tammany Hall, 26, 40
Taney, Roger, 32
The Pearl, 33, 35
The Unwritten Law, 305, 307-17
Thompson, John, 65, 250
Tidball, Edward, 184
Treasury Department, 182-83
Tribune (New York), 40, 100, 102, 104, 108, 116, 125-26, 130, 143, 151, 172, 204, 218, 264, 309
U
Upperman, William, 35
Usher, Abel, 184
V
Van Buren, Martin, 10, 45
Van Wyck, Philip, 182
Vermont Chronicle, 261
Victoria, Queen, 17, 24, 27, 122
W
Wagner, Jacob, 231-32
Walker, Robert, 82, 89
Waltham Sentinel, 118
Washington Reporter, 39, 148
Watterson, Henry, 2, 66, 119, 166, 264,
Webster, Daniel, 13, 45, 158, 171,
Western, Helen, xii
Western, Lucile, xii
Whig Party, 10, 21
White, Fanny, 14-15, 122
Wikoff, Chevalier Henry, 3
Willard Hotel, 38, 81
Wilson, Jesse, 173
Winder, Charles, 270
Wirt, William, 168
Woodward, Thomas, 88, 187
Wooldridge, George, 49, 222, 225
Worthington, Reuben, 170
Y
Yankees, 4
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