5“unjust commitments” and following quotations: Report of the Investigating Committee, 31–2.
6“fundamentally wrong”： Ibid., 66.
7“most culpable”： Ibid., 67.
8“Familiarity with suffering”： Report of the Investigating Committee, quoted by EP, MP2, 262–63.
9“presumptively entitled to”： “Illinois Legislation Regarding Hospitals,” 211.
10“charitable constructions”： Ibid., 212.
11“whose recovery”： Special Report of the Trustees, 18.
12“worthy of serious”： Ibid., 17.
13“but small importance”： Ibid., 85.
14“servants”： Ibid., 19.
15“former master”： Ibid.
16“no action on”： “Governor Oglesby’s Message,” 13.
17“to retain”： Ibid.
18“clearly [say] that”： Oglesby, letter to AM, September 18, 1867, Barbara Sapinsley Papers.
19“It will be”： Ibid.
20“exceedingly mysterious”： “A Question of Courtesy,” Illinois Journal, December 10, 1867.
21“the social sensation”： Illinois State Journal, January 1867, in “Leland Hotel,” SangamonLink, July 8, 2016, https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=8661.
22“She would take”： Testimony of Miss Kane before the investigating committee, in Report of the Investigating Committee, 38.
23“She would often”： Ibid.
24“One eye was”： Testimony of Mary Cassell, ibid., 47.
25“A straight jacket”： Testimony of Miss Kane, ibid., 38.
26“There is something”： “A Premature Deliverance,” Illinois Daily State Journal, December 13, 1867.
27“honor, integrity”： Palmer, Bench and Bar of Illinois, 790.
28“This document”： “Startling Report—Illinois Insane Asylum,” Chicago Tribune, December 7, 1867.
29“Truth…may”： EP, MPE, 106.
30“The result of”： EP, MK, 12.
31“If you attempt”： EP, letter to AM, April 28, 1862, in PHL, 258.
CHAPTER 56
1“the mother of”： EP, TE, 6.
2“Packard-Fuller committee”： Jacksonville Sentinel, February 13, 1868.
3“stimulating business”： John C. W. Bailey, “Sketch of Jacksonville,” Jacksonville City Directory （1866）， 323.
4“notorious and crack-brained”： Jacksonville Journal, c. November 1867, back page, quoted in Barbara Sapinsley, The Private War of Mrs. Packard （New York: Paragon House, 1991）， 154.
5“insane imaginings”： Special Report of the Trustees, 92.
6“We submit”： “Mrs. Packard’s Love Letter to Dr. McFarland,” Jacksonville Journal, December 21, 1867.
7“her character as”： Report of the Investigating Committee, 52.
8“the charges”： Ibid., 48.
9“renowned follower”： Jacksonville Journal, December 31, 1867.
10“afflicted with”： “The Insane Hospital Committee’s Report,” Jacksonville Sentinel, January 2, 1868.
11“The verdict of”： EP, MK, 99.
12“the trustees and”： AM, letter to Dr. Edward Jarvis, January 2, 1868, Edward Jarvis Papers.
13“The humiliating”： AM, letter to Dr. Edward Jarvis, August 12, 1868, Edward Jarvis Papers.
14“From an examination”： Journal of the House of Representatives of the Twenty-Sixth General Assembly of the State of Illinois （Springfield, IL, 1869）， 128.
15“I have drunk”： AM, letter to Dr. Edward Jarvis, August 12, 1868, Edward Jarvis Papers.
16“grand purpose”： EP, MK, 50.
17“desire of her”： Testimonial of Isaac Packard, April 12, 1869, in MP2, 377.
18“most cheerfully”： EP, ibid., 381.
19“except the sale”： Ibid.
20“It is my opinion”： Testimonial of Isaac Packard, April 12, 1869, in ibid., 377.
21“It is my earnest”： Testimonial of Theophilus Packard Jr. （Toffy）， April 10, 1869, in ibid., 376.
22“to carrying on”： Samuel Packard, letter to EP, 1874, Barbara Sapinsley Papers.
23“with indignant scorn”： EP, MK, 38.
24“the great mercy”： TP, TPD, 82 （1867）。
25“It is now”： Rev. Samuel Ware’s Certificate to the Public, August 21, 1866, in MPE, 138.
26“tissue of lies”： EP, ibid., 87.
27“false statements”： TP, letter to the editor, Chicago Tribune, January 20, 1868, in “The Insane Hospital Investigation—Letter from Mr. Packard,” Chicago Tribune, January 25, 1868.