References

[i] Oliver Wendell Holmes, “The Beauty of Home” in Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven, (New York: E.B. Treat, 1878-1882), 161; Foner, Give Me Liberty!, Vol. 1, Sixth Edition, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2020), 239; A Bridal Gift, (New York: Van Nostrand & Dwight, 1836) 101.

[ii] Stephen Foster Lyrics, accessed January 6, 2022, https://sites.pitt.edu/~amerimus/lyrics.htm.

[iii] Morrison Foster, My Brother Stephen, (Indianapolis: Foster Hall Library, 1932), 13; Harold Vincent Milligan, Stephen Foster: A Biography, (New York: G. Schirmer, 1920), 91; The letter is in the hand of Monroe Cranell, a correspondent of Morrison Foster’s.