Chapter 2: Annus Horribilis: 1873, footnote 56, page 62 Ch2 fn. 56 p. 62 Tags: Discursive, Jay Cooke, Manuscript Collections, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Corruption, Race, Politics Whether Cowen was paid is uncertain, but negotiations moved forward. See Duane Swanson, The Northern Pacific Railroad and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux: A Case in Land Acquisition (M.A. thesis, Univ. of Delaware, 1972), 41, 43-44, 48-54. George Becker and James Smith Jr. to Cooke, Sept. 5, 1872,; Jay Cooke to Brother Harry, May 24, 1872; Cooke to Cass, March 17, 1873, Cooke to B. F. Wade, March 22, 1873, Cooke to Maj. Benj. Thompson, March 22, 1873, LBs, all in Cooke Papers.
