Allan contended that he informed the Americans in October of 1872 that his negotiations with them were at an end and that he wrote New York to this effect in December.

Cooke to Johnson, Jan. 25, 1873, Cooke to Hon. Wm Windom, Jan. 24, 1873, Letterbooks 1873, 517 ff. Cooke Papers. Allan contended that he informed the Americans in October of 1872 that his negotiations with them were at an end and that he wrote New York to this effect in December, Berton, The National Dream, 88. For quote, Correspondence Between Sir Hugh Allan and his American Partners (From the Montreal Herald), Allan to McMullen, Oct. 24, 1872, in Explanatory Statement of Sir Hugh Allan (from the Montreal Gazette), enclosure 4 in number 4, Earl of Dufferin to Earl of Kimberly, Aug. 15, 1873, 58-64. Enclosure 5, no. 4 Statement by Mr. McMullen with Documents (From the "Montreal Herald."), 67, all in Canadian Pacific Railway Correspondence.