4“a dead letter”： EP, MP2, 219.
5“to relieve all”： EP in De Wolf, “Public Institutions.”
6“some of the”： EP, MP2, 190.
7“a studious and”： Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1151.
8“tone and manner”： EP, MP2, 192.
9“wise, just”： Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 1153–54.
10“a very respectable”： EP, MP2, 193.
11“Gentlemen, it does” and following quotations: EP’s dialogue with the Judiciary Committee, as quoted by EP, ibid.
12“sensational novel”： Illinois Journal, January 15, 1867, reprised in “January 15, 1867,” Illinois State Journal, January 15, 1934.
13“ought to be”： De Wolf, “Public Institutions.”
14“[It] is injurious”： AM, letter to Ralph Parsons （a New York asylum superintendent）， undated but c. 1876–1881, in D. Hack Tuke, “Psychological Retrospect,” Journal of Mental Science 31 （1885–86）： 99, quoted in Himelhoch, “Elizabeth Packard,” 373.
15“the haphazard opinions”： “Summary,” AJOI 27 （October 1870）： 261, https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.27.2.260.
16“In nearly three”： AM, in Tenth Biennial Report, 39.
17“Has the Doctor”： Letter attributed to “A Lover of Justice,” January 21, 1867, in “Dr. McFarland’s Report Opposed to Jury Trials,” Illinois Journal, January 26, 1867. EP also republished the letter in MP2, 214–16.
18“Mrs. Packard’s case”： Ibid.
19“offensive class”： Quoted by EP, MP2, 313.
20“You are reasonable”： Ibid.
21“constantly growing”： EP, ibid., 197.
22“Horrible revelations”： “Horrible Revelations,” Jacksonville Journal, April 29, 1867.
23“much gratification”： Article from January 29, 1867, as recorded by Barbara Sapinsley in her research notes, Barbara Sapinsley Papers.
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1“after the first”： EP, MK, 113.
2“Gentlemen of Illinois” and following quotations: “Mrs. Packard’s Address,” in MPE, pages 145–60 in PDF [italics added on “I am not the only one…”].
3“with the most”： EP, MK, 12.
4“spell-bound”： Boise Republican, January 1, 1881, quoted in Carlisle, Elizabeth Packard, 186.
5“sensation”： Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1869.
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1“The success of”： Jacksonville Journal, March 31, 1864, quoted in Doyle, Social Order of a Frontier Community, 218.
2“excessive quantity of”： “Legislative Visit to Jacksonville,” Illinois Journal, February 14, 1867.
3“How long have” and following quotations: Conversation between unnamed gentleman and Mrs. Minard quoted in De Wolf, “Public Institutions.”
4“irresistible conviction” and following quotations: De Wolf, “Public Institutions.”
5“liable to any”： “Illinois Legislation Regarding Hospitals,” 214.
6“no father”： Ibid.
7“fruitless annoyance”： Dr. Isaac Ray, quoted in “Report of Commission on Insanity,” AJOI 21 （October 1864）： 267.
8“Such a commission”： Ibid., 266.
9“not only wholly”： Resolution of the AMSAII, “Proceedings of the Association,” AJOI 21 （July 1864）： 152.
10“so pointed were”： “The Insane Asylum,” Kankakee Gazette, December 19, 1867.
11“examined into these”： Mr. Ward, chairman of the Finance Committee, in “The Insane Asylum,” Illinois Journal, February 25, 1867.
12“thorough investigation”： Ibid.
13“had been”： Ibid.
14“His statement seemed”： Ibid.
15“We have every”： “State Institutions at Jacksonville,” Jacksonville Journal, February 8, 1867.
16“[I have] waited”： T. B. Wakeman, in Illinois Journal, February 26, 1867.
17“The appointment”： “The Report of the Committee of Investigation of the State Institutions at Jacksonville,” Daily Illinois State Register, December 6, 1867.
18“If Dr. McFarland”： Mrs. Grere, quoted by EP, PHL, 263.
19“to ascertain whether”： Joint resolution adopted by the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly in 1867, quoted in “Governor Oglesby’s Message,” January 4, 1869, 12, Special Collections, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL.