Adams, Charles Francis Adams, 172-73, 175
Maury Klein, the most prominent historian of American railroads, has written a rehabilitative biography that stresses Gould the manager, organizer, entrepreneur, and builder.
Kirkland, Charles Francis Adams, 22.
Matias Romero, Geographical and Statistical Notes on Mexico (New York: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1898), 196, 214-15.
Adams to J. M. Wilson, Nov. 5, 1888, UP, PO, OC, vol. 45, ser. 2, r. 40.
For an interesting analysis of business decision making and rational narratives, see Naomi R. Lamoreaux, "Reframing the Past."
C. Knick Harley, "Oligopoly Agreement and the Timing of American Railroad Construction," Journal of Economic History 42 (Dec. 1982) 798-803, 815-20.