Chapter 8: Looking Backward, footnote 113, page 352 Ch8 fn. 113 p. 352 Tags: Discursive, Manuscript Collections, Histories and Biographies, Bancroft Library (University of California Berkeley), Corruption, Politics Field had received favors from the Associates, but he later grew more cautious. When Huntington attempted to influence a Supreme Court decision on the Oregon and California Railroad, Field reacted with indignation. David Lavender, The Great Persuader: The Biography of Collis P. Huntington (Niwot: Univ. Press of Colorado, 1998), 355. Gates to Field, April 3, 1891, Field to Gates, April 4, 1891, Stephen J. Field Papers, BANC 71/34, Bancroft Library.