"The Congressional Record" is at all times a mine of information.
Valuable historical material is contained in the "New Princeton Review," vols. I-VI (1886-88), the New York "Nation," the "Political Science Quarterly," and other contemporary periodicals. A vivid picture of political conditions on the personal side is given in Slason Thompson, "Eugene Field" (1901), vol.I, chap.
10; vol.II, chap. 8..