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Note from page 61: 1. Probably James H. Matheny, an early friend and political associate of AL. The reference may be to a speech Matheny was said to have made alleging that "renegade Democrats" reneged on an agreement to elect AL to the Senate in 1855, a speech cited by Stephen A. Douglas at the Jonesboro debate with AL, September 15, 1858 (CW 3:108 — 9).

Note from page 61: 2. Only two issues of the Menard Index for 1856 survive.