Chapter 2: Annus Horribilis: 1873, footnote 105, page 76 Ch2 fn. 105 p. 76 Tags: Discursive, Hugh Allan, Manuscript Collections, Published Letters/Correspondence, Histories and Biographies, Minnesota Historical Society Library, Capital/Finance, Politics In 1869 Huntington proposed to Cooke that he make an alliance with the Canadian Pacific. The Early of Dufferin to the Earl of Kimberly, May 3, 1873, no. 1, p. 1-2 in in Canadian Pacific Railway Correspondence. Den Otter, Philosophy of Railroads, 170. Cooke to Hon. L.S. Huntington, Aug. 19, 1871 Northern Pacific Letters No. 1 (Letterbook), Jan. 19, 1870-Sept. 27, 1871, Private Letters, Cooke Papers.