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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.