Oberholtzer, Jay Cooke, 1:131.
Oberholtzer, Jay Cooke, 1:207-211.
Sven Beckert, The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie (New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001), 121-23.
Gische, "New York City Banks," 32-38.
The idea of attracting small investors for public debt was not unheard of at the time. The initial investments in the Erie Canal came from middling investors. See Larson.
The best account of the operation of the loan is still Oberholtzer, Jay Cooke, 1: 133-325, especially 151, 163-64, 187-88, 193, 229, 231.
Salmon Chase to J. Cooke, Nov. 21, Dec. 16, 1861, Cooke to Chase, Nov. 5, 1861, r. 18.
Chase to J. Cooke, Feb. 2, 7, 9, March 7, 8, 22, 1862, J. Cooke to Chase, Feb. 8, March 10, 22, 1862, Chase Papers, r. 19.
Cooke to Chase, June 28, 1862, Cooke Papers.
Chase to Cooke, Nov. 13, 1862, Chase Papers, r. 23.