Romero, Geographical and Statistical Notes on Mexico, 212.
CPH also put U.S. General James G. Ord on his payroll. Ord had earned the appreciation of Diaz supporters by violating direct order to suppress Diaz's raids across the U.S. border into Mexico during Diaz's revolt.
CPH to C. Crocker, June 4, 1881, CPH Papers, vol. 28, ser. 2, r. 6.
receipt, stock, April 23, 1883, CPH to John B. Frisbie, Aug. 25, 1881.
The Mexican National Railway (Palmer-Sullivan Concession), 1881 (n.p.) APS Pamphlets Pertaining to Mexican Railroads, vol. 2, no. 15.
Hart, Empire and Revolution, 119-23.
CPH to Crocker, May 20, 25, 1880, May 19, 1881, June 6, 1881, CPH LB, 28, ser. 2, r. 6.
Robert A. Trennert, "The Southern Pacific of Mexico," Pacific Historical Review 35 (Aug. 1966): 265-66.
Mexico added some new figures to the mix, such as Albert Kingsley Owen.
Hart, Empire and Revolution, 107-15.
CPH to Crocker, May 9, 1881, CPH Papers, vol. 28, ser. 2, r. 6.
David Pletcher, Rails, Mines, and Progress.