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13. Reflections in an All-Seeing Eye
334 “The consummation”: McPherson, 76.
334 “another triumph… around her”: Peterson, 476.
336 “sink in hell”: Potter, 155.
336 “raise a hell… out & out abolitionist”: McPherson, 122–24.
337 “Since there is no escaping… the abolitionists”: ibid., 145–46.
338–40 “Mining is not… care and dispatch”: G. Clark, 50–65.
342 “In Sacramento… stain of abolitionism”: ibid., 73–78.
343 “In these prosperous times”: Sherman and Sherman, 51.
346 “My business here”: ibid., 53.
347 “as clearly as a proposition”: Sherman (1875), 126.
349–50 “all the banks… any security whatever”: ibid., 130–34.
351 “It’s no use”: J. Royce, 435.
351 “I found him on the roof”: Sherman (1875), 143.
352 “Rosario”: Pérez Rosales, 19.
352 “Americans were irresistibly attracted”: Levy, 161–62.
353 “the finest-looking woman”: ibid., 167.
353 “They commonly accepted”: S. Royce, 115–16.
354 “Is it not wonderful… meaningless giggle”: Lotchin, 257.
355 “What the People Expect”: J. Royce, 454.
356 “Remove your fort… inevitably follow”: Sherman (1875), 146–47.
358 “I think the community”: Sherman and Sherman, 58.

Part Four: The Gordian Knot and the Pacific Connection
361 “The sunburnt immigrant”: Bancroft, 7:542.

14. The Pathfinder’s Return
365 “higher law… abominable”: McPherson, 73.
366 “It is the choice”: Nevins (1928), 2:2:478.
366 “prairie fire… yet been named”: ibid., 2:481–82.
366–68 “He also won the heart…to have him elected”: Herr, 254–61.
368 “quite a female politician”: Donald, 315.
368 “These incidents”: Jessie Frémont (1969), 132.
368 “Had we been”: Herr, 265.
369 “John and Jessie… Jessie for the White House”: ibid., 263; Nevins (1928), 2:496.
369 “I am above”: Herr, 268.
369 “We are treading”: Nevins (1928), 2:505.
369 “The election… eternal separation”: Potter, 262.
369 “Tell me”: Nevins (1928), 2:509.
370 “I heartily regret”: Jessie Frémont (1969), 140.
372 “no black or mulatto”: Lapp (1977), 192.
373 “Private School”: Lapp (1969), 10.
375 “Why, Lord”: ibid., 48.
375 “I don’t want”: ibid., 8.
377 “When they come… Charles A. Stovall”: Franklin, 149–51.
377 “It vies with the most”: ibid., 152.
377 “The law was given”: J. Hittell (1878), 271.
381 “Archy, my boy”: Lapp (1969), 58.

15. South by West
383 “His appearance”: Warren, 212–13.
384 “The Republic”: Wells, 24.
385 “He is a veritable”: Scroggs, 42.
385 “The scene”: Wells, 30–31.
386 “We had to shoot”: ibid., 33.
387 “There, sir”: Scroggs, 91.
388 “Gentlemen”: Brands (1999), 20.
388 “A beleaguered force”: Walker, 266.
389 “Instead of treating”: Scroggs, 233.
390 “that we inscribe… railroad is concerned”: G. Clark, 78–79.
391–92 “I feel… white clingstone”: ibid., 83–91.
393 “Every dollar”: ibid., 92.
395–97 “having the Federal… above all price”: ibid., 99, 108–12.
397 “I believe”: Bancroft, 7:258–59.
397 “California is ready”: ibid., 7:272.
398 “I was young”: Harpending, 17.
399–400 “I will never forget… what followed”: ibid., 24–26.
400–01 “He fully realized… thought of me”: ibid., 33–34.
401–02 “After that… small fortune”: ibid., 49–55.

16. From Sea to Shining Sea
404: $600 million…$130 million: Hill (1999), 263.
405 “We are all safe”: Sherman (1909), 150–51.
406 “Having nothing”: Sherman (1875), 154.
406 “I suppose”: L. Lewis, 123.
406 “West Point”: ibid., 97.
406 “I would as soon”: Sherman (1909), 151.
406 “If I turn”: ibid., 153.
406 “Avoid the subject”: Sherman and Sherman, 55.
407 “If he is fit … nigger question”: Marszalek, 109.
407 “I would not”: L. Lewis, 119.
407 “If they design”: Sherman (1909), 163.
407 “I had read of retreats”: Marszalek, 151.
408 “I believe he would do it”: Fellman, 91.
408 “Command me in any way”: ibid., 102.
408 “Sherman saved”: ibid., 115–16.
409 “If the North… Georgia howl!”: L. Lewis, 429–31.
409–10 “The acclamation… every girl that he met”: ibid., 575, 585.
410 “At first he was affable… without restriction”: ibid., 577–78.
410–11 “The time… the people demand”: Sherman and Sherman, 56–57.
411 “There are too many… length on earth”: Greeley, 52, 119–21, 186, 229.
412–14 “He was a very… California endured?”: Twain,
Roughing It
, 39–40, 54–56, 70–72, 97, 143–44, 150.
415 “Boy That Earth Talks To”: Older, 29.
417 “A good deal”: G. Clark, 175.
418 “I remember”: ibid., 173.
419 “NEW ROAD”: ibid., 204.
420 “I think”: Bain, 109.
421 “We have drawn”: ibid., 115.
423 “You see”: ibid., 137.
423 “They wanted to know”: Daggett, 23–24.
423 “I would have been glad”: G. Clark, 208.
424 “Those mountains”: Bain, 145.
424 “As to work”: ibid., 565.
424 “Mr. Huntington”: letter of Nov. 29, 1861, Leland Stanford papers.
424 “To the extent”: G. Clark, 210.
425 “Brigham was cold”: ibid., 245.
426 “Four or five”: ibid., 213–14.
426 “I was very much prejudiced”: Bain, 208.
426 “To my mind”: G. Clark, 126–27.
427 “Didn’t they build”: Bain, 221.
427 “We swarmed”: ibid., 299–300.
427 “The Atlanta campaign”: Sherman (1875), 889.
427 “I think this subject”: L. Lewis, 595.
428 “Every time”: ibid.
428 “They are not worth”: Bancroft, 7:552.
428 “Baker had electrified”: Sherman (1875), 901.
429 “This is a great enterprise”: Bain, 245.
429 “pure beggars”: L. Lewis, 596.
429 “We must act”: ibid., 597.
430 “we can act”: Bain, 312.
430 “When the opportune moment”: ibid., 350.
431 “We’ve got to clean”: ibid., 351.
431 “Unless some relief”: ibid.
431 “If you don’t choose”: L. Lewis, 598.
433 “free from all danger”: Bain, 274.
433 “We are getting”: ibid., 321.
433 “We send you”: G. Clark, 244.
434 “I did not try”: ibid., 249–50.
434 “Run up and down”: Bain, 447.
434 “to build road”: ibid.
435–36 “We are cribbed… too fast”: ibid., 646–48.
437 “I sat”: Dodge, 55.

Part Five: The New El Dorado
441 “The people who come”: J. Hittell (1863), 333–34.
441 “One man works hard”: O. Lewis, 53.

17. Prometheus Unbound
445 “There were more”: Phillips, 284.
446 “We were very much”: G. Clark, 231–32.
448 “These shares”: letter of May 30, 1868, Leland Stanford papers.
448 “It is the well settled policy”: G. Clark, 280.
448–50 “You have been accredited…my home”: ibid., 309–10.
450 “a dangerous rival”: Daggett, 119.
450 “
We must name
”: letter of Jan. 3, 1869, Leland Stanford papers.
452 “You are sending”: Daggett, 257.
452 “He had only time”: Norris, 49–51.
455–58 “a cavern… his own corpse”: Brands (1999), 41–48.
459 “At the depth”: Wright, 386.
460–62 “The city and all… generally found it”: Twain,
Roughing It
, 306–8.
462–63 “I enjoyed… paid them”: ibid., 419–20.
463–66 “Frequently we had… British Museum”: Hargraves, 86–87, 91, 96, 111–16.
466 “Cottages are deserted… powerful auxiliary”: Hughes, 563–55.
469 “George”: Older and Older, 155.
471 “We chose gold”: Bernstein, 250.
471 more gold was mined:
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(1961), 10:481.
473 “If they dare”: Brands (1995), 260–61.

18. American Dreamers
476 “You forget”: Nevins (1955), 607.
476 “If I keep this free”: Jessie Frémont memoirs, addendum.
477 “There were three churches”: S. Royce, 139.
477 “My comrades very generally”: J. Royce (1916), 126–27.
478 “purely aggressive”: J. Royce (1886), 94.
478 “Frémont’s League with the Devil”: J. Royce (1970), 170.
478 “charming and courteous mendacity”: ibid., 199.
478–79 “Nowhere else…on the Pacific Coast”: J. Royce (1886), 2.
479 “of unusual intelligence…of their bereavement”: Farkas, 64.
480 “I have remained”: Perlot, 446.
481 “I will not accept…it is all hell”: L. Lewis, 631–37.
482 “Gold digging is a lottery”: Dillon, 332.
483 “Your hospitality”: ibid., 345–46.
485 “If the Californians”: Emparan, 140–41.
485 “Believe me… Let the wound heal”: Rosenus, 233.
488 “the new new thing”: M. Lewis,
The New New Thing
.
488 “vein of gold”: Kaplan, 18.
488 “the largest legal creation”: ibid., 16.
489 “We are on the brink”: Bancroft, 6:119.

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