Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface 1. "I Must Shoot the Fellow!" 2. "Impaired by the Folly of an Individual" 3. "Git the English Banks to Help Us" 4. "It Will Be an American Town" 5. "A Mortal Feud Had Arisen" 6. "I Shall . Bombard the Town" 7.

"Act of . Cruelty . Upon a Helpless . Village" 8. "The Great Theatre of Speculation" 9. "I Will See the President Again Today" 10. "The Greatest Confidence Trick of All Time" 11. "Am Grateful .

And Entirely Satisfied" 12. "They Might Take His Office & Stick It" 13. "I Shall Surely Hang Him" 14. "No Capacity to Transfer . Title" 15. "Make Certain Officials at Washington Wince" 16. "The Mormons Had Better Go" 17. "As If 'Usurpers' Had Taken Possession" 18.

"Regarding Constituent Will Soper's Claim" 19. "Too Valuable . To Waive or Impair It" 20. Whither the Principals? An Epilogue Chapter Notes Bibliography Index.