The initial weakness of Huntington's counterattack was William McKendree Gwin, whom the Southern Pacific hired to confront Dodge in the South.
For need of man in South, CPH to Hopkins, Oct. 8, 1875, v. 8: 39, Box 23, Hopkins Collection.
Texas and Pacific Railroad: Memorial of the National Grange, Feb. 20, 1875, 43d Cong., 2d sess., H. Misc. Doc. 89.
Hirshon, Grenville M. Dodge, 200.
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company: Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, Feb. 15, 1875, 43d Cong., 2d sess., H. Misc. Doc. 79; Texas and Pacific Railroad, Joint Resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, Feb. 8, 1875, 43d Cong., 2d sess., H. Misc. Doc. 88.
Dodge to John Baldwin, Dec. 7, 1874, box 179, vol. 382, LBs - G. M. Dodge, 1872-74, 491-92. Texas and Louisiana, Dodge to Gov. (Throckmorton), Jan. 11, 1874, box 179, vol. 382, LBs - G. M. Dodge, 1872-74, 239-41.
Effective, but too late, Dodge to Bond, Feb. 10, 1875, box 180, vol. 346, LBs - Calif. Texas Railroad: Letters, 1874-78, 275-76.
Dodge to Bond, March 1, 1875, box 180, vol. 346, LBs - Calif. Texas Railroad: Letters, 1874-78, 278.
Dodge to Scott, Jan. 26, 1875, box 180, vol. 346, LBs - Calif. Texas Railroad: Letters, 1874-78, 278.
House, Speakership Contest, 252-74.
Dodge to Bond, July 28, 1875, box 180, vol. 346, LBs - Calif. Texas Railroad: Letters, 1874-78, 330, Dodge Papers.
House, Speakership Contest, 262-65.