25“distinguished by the”： Portrait and Biographical Record, 213.
26“very short time”： Thomas P. Bonfield, certificate supplied to TP, February 19, 1864, in “Reply to Mr. Sewall’s Rejoinder.”
27“I…denied the”： TP, “Account of the Insanity Case.”
28“as one who”： Kankakee Gazette, article reproduced in “The Case of Mrs. Packard,” Chicago Tribune, January 28, 1864.
29“genuine imaginative powers”： “Literary,” Kankakee Gazette, January 23, 1868.
30“Prove it!”： Judge Starr, quoted by EP, MPE, 11.
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1“without the”： Clause 10, “An act to amend the act establishing the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane,” approved February 15, 1851, in Reports of the Illinois, 386.
2“It was illegal”： TP, “The Question of Mrs. Packard’s Sanity,” Northampton Free Press, April 20, 1866.
3“impudent, violent”： Ibid.
4“The direct votes”： TP, “Account of the Insanity Case.”
5“of a different”： Ibid.
6“excited by”： Ibid.
7“a jury could”： Thomas P. Bonfield, certificate supplied to TP, February 19, 1864, in “Reply to Mr. Sewall’s Rejoinder.”
8“the reverse of”： Portrait and Biographical Record, 464.
9“The case was”： TP, TPD, 34 （“School Lawsuit 1832”）。
10“I am a practicing” and following quotations: Dr. Knott, court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 17–18.
11“Hisses even”： TP, “Charge Against Rev. Mr. Packard.”
12“Her insanity was” and following quotations: Dr. Knott, court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 18.
13“almost unparalleled”： Brown’s advertisement for his services, Kankakee Gazette, December 19, 1856.
14“the high-flown”： EP, PHL, 107.
15“extended conference” and following quotations: J. W. Brown, court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 18–19.
16“clear and lucid”： Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 980.
17“Dr., what particular” and following quotations: Court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 19–21.
18“Now I beseech”： 1 Cor. 1:10 （King James Version）。
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1“much attention”： “Excitement in Kankakee,” Chicago Tribune, January 21, 1864.
2“one of the”： Ibid.
3“Mrs. Packard”： EP quoting “multitudes of his [TP’s] people who attended my trial, whom I know defended him at the time he kidnapped me,” MPE, 77.
4“hypnotic and compelling”： Emma Packard （daughter-in-law of Samuel Packard）， letter to Barbara Sapinsley, January 5, 1965, Barbara Sapinsley Papers.
5“One morning early” and following quotations: Abijah Dole, court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 22–24.
6“clinging to her”： Moore, ibid., 25.
7“to keep her”： Isaac Packard describing his sister’s reaction to Elizabeth’s long-term commitment, quoted by EP, GD, 1:178.
8“snatched the child”： Moore, GT, in MPE, 25.
9“Come away”： Sybil Dole, quoted by Moore, ibid.
10“Not a mother’s”： Moore, ibid.
11“I was elected”： Josephus B. Smith, court testimony, ibid.
12“Her natural disposition” and following quotations: Sybil Dole, court testimony, ibid., 25–26.
13“Mrs. Packard was”： Sarah Rumsey, court testimony, ibid., 27.
14“The least mistake”： EP, PHL, 247.
15“I approved taking”： Sarah Rumsey, court testimony, in Moore, GT, in MPE, 29.
16“bore evidence”： Ibid., 28.
17“I cannot”： Ibid.
18“in a decisive”： Portrait and Biographical Record, 242.
19“very important”： TP’s lawyers, quoted by Moore, GT, in MPE, 30.
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1“unheard-of”： Moore, GT, in MPE, 30.
2“to enable”： Ibid.
3“submit the case”： Ibid., 31.
4“Incompetent testimony”： Ibid.
5“debarred the defense”： Ibid.
6“acknowledged leader”： Portrait and Biographical Record, 241.
7“convincing personality”： William F. Kenaga and George R. Letourneau, History of Kankakee County, vol. 2 （Chicago: Middle-West, 1906）， 827.
8“more than ordinary”： Portrait and Biographical Record, 241–42.