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36 While at the Armory Square Hospital: Soper, “Dr. Willard Bliss.”
37 “Cundurango!”: Ibid.
38 As soon as Bliss arrived: Bliss et al., “Record of the Post-mortem Examination of the Body of President J. A. Garfield,” 1–2.
39 “In attempting to withdraw the probe”: Ibid., 2.
40 “what appeared to be lacerated tissue”: Ibid.
41 “downward and forward”: Ibid.; Ackerman, Dark Horse.
Chapter 13: “It’s True”
1 Lucretia was packing her bags: Peskin, Garfield, 146.
2 “The President wishes me to say”: Harper’s Weekly 25 (1881); “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881; Rockwell, “Garfield’s Assassination.”
3 “Tell me the truth”: Shaw, Lucretia, 103.
4 still nursing a grudge: A few days later, Grant made a late and extremely brief appearance at a reception that was held for Garfield. He kept his wife waiting in their carriage while he stepped into the hall, shook Garfield’s hand, and quickly made his exit.
5 “I do not think he can afford”: Garfield, Diary, June 24, 1881, 4:615.
6 “so overcome with emotion”: “Sending for Mrs. Garfield,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
7 Finally, he was able to tell Lucretia: Ackerman, Dark Horse, 387.
8 Hurriedly finishing her packing: “Mrs. Garfield’s Narrow Escape,” New York Times, July 5, 1881.
9 By the time they reached the station: “Sending for Mrs. Garfield,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
10 “All along the route”: The Attempted Assassination of President Garfield, 45.
11 “Conductors passed quietly”: Comer, Harry Garfield’s First Forty Years, 57.
12 “We have not said a word”: “At the President’s House,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
13 In the second-story room: Reyburn, Clinical History of the Case of President James Abram Garfield, 12.
14 “The crowd about the depot”: The Attempted Assassination of President Garfield, 43.
15 Within ten minutes of the shooting: Chicago Tribune, July 3, 1881.
16 As soon as Garfield appeared: “Removal of Mr. Garfield,” Washington Post, July 3, 1881.
17 “I think I can see now”: Reyburn, Clinical History of the Case of President James Abram Garfield, 11.
18 Hoping to spare the president: Seale, The President’s House, 521.
19 “sufferings must have been intense”: Chicago Tribune, July 3, 1881.
20 “haltingly and timidly”: Stanley-Brown, “My Friend Garfield.”
21 “Oh, Mr. Secretary”: Ibid.
22 “Even in moments of greatest misery”: Ibid.
23 “temporary but adequate”: Stanley-Brown, “Memorandum Concerning Joseph Stanley-Brown’s Relations with General Garfield,” 12.
24 “full and accurate information”: Stanley-Brown, “My Friend Garfield.”
25 “miniature hospital”: Ibid.
26 “abounding in health”: Stanley-Brown, “Memorandum Concerning Joseph Stanley-Brown’s Relations with General Garfield,” 13.
27 A dozen men lifted above their heads the mattress: Seale, The President’s House, 522.
28 “The upper story is alright”: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
29 “the Pullman car”: “Mrs. Garfield’s Narrow Escape,” New York Times, July 5, 1881.
30 “That’s my wife!”: Brown, The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield, 220.
31 “Mrs. Garfield came, frail, fatigued”: Blaine, Letters of Mrs. James G. Blaine, 211.
32 “evidently … making a strong effort”: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
33 “will not probably live”: “A Great Nation in Grief,” New York Times, July 3, 1881.
34 “I am here to nurse you”: Seale, The President’s House, 522.
Chapter 14: All Evil Consequences
1 While most of the country heard: Tainter, “The Talking Machine and Some Little Known Facts in Connection with Its Early Development,” 17. (Hereafter “The Talking Machine.”)
2 “President Garfield,” the caller said: Ibid.
3 “belonged to us”: Eliza Bell to Alexander Graham Bell, July 8, 1881, Bell