Foote sometimes appears as H. I. Foote and sometimes as H. S. Foote. Foote had volunteered to lobby for the funding bill in exchange for Huntingtons support of his candidacy for U.S. district attorney

Foote to CPH, June 13, 1894, CPH, ser. 1, r. 53.

CPH to HEH, Nov. 27 1894, HEH Collection. Federal Reporter,1st ser. By District of Columbia, Court of Appeals.