Villard to Col. Gray, Aug. 11, 1881, Villard to Gen. H. Haupt, July 30, 1881, General Manager, NP, both in vol. 719, LBs, 46, Villard Papers..

James A. Ward, That Man Haupt: A Biography of Herman Haupt (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1973), 219.