Huntington to Colton, May 1, 1875, Letters from Collis P. Huntington 4: 344.
The Central Pacific used the tactic of running a third candidate to draw off votes from a targeted candidate to defeat Sherman Houghton in 1875, Octopus Speaks, 268.
Octopus Speaks, 281.
CPH to Colton, Nov. 11, 1876, Octopus Speaks, 322.
CPH to Colton, Jan. 29, Feb. 26, 1876, Huntington Letters, 4:453, 464-65.
Boyd to CPH, Nov. 19, 1878, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 16.
For committee, Boyd to Colburn, April 11, 1879, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 17.
E. J. Ellis to CPH, Dec. 13, 1879, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 18.
J. Johnson to CPH, May 28, 1878, CPH Papers, ser. 1, r. 18.