Chapter 2: Annus Horribilis: 1873, footnote 47, page 59 Ch2 fn. 47 p. 59 Tags: Discursive, Jay Cooke, Hugh Allan, Published Letters/Correspondence, Histories and Biographies, Capital/Finance, Politics Hincks and Macdonald later tried to cast all this in a very different light. Others associated him with the original goal of soliciting American capital. Earl of Dufferin to Earl of Kimberly, Aug. 15, 1873, no. 4. p. 7, 30. Testimony of Sir Francis Hincks, Sept. 4, 1873, "Report of the Royal Commissioners," 94-103. Testimony of Jan Charles Chapais, Sept. 12, 1873 "Report of Commissioners," 141-2. Testimony of John Mcdonald, Sept. 17, 1873, "Report of Commissioners," 171-80, 186. All in Canadian Pacific Railway Correspondence. Den Otter, Philosophy of Railroads, 24, 173-75.
