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“…being expelled…”

Marr, J. P. (1957). Pioneer surgeons of the Woman's Hospital: The lives of Sims, Emmet, Peaslee, and Thomas. Philadelphia: Davis. p. 70.

“…a full four years.”

Marr, J. P. (1957). Pioneer surgeons of the Woman's Hospital: The lives of Sims, Emmet, Peaslee, and Thomas. Philadelphia: Davis. p. 73.

“…the first American performance of Jenny Lind…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 143.

Barnum, P. T. (2018). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 312.

“…the Italian plate spinner…”

Barnum found his plate-spinner a few years earlier—I have moved it forward in time to help compress the story of Barnum’s life. Emmet does not say that the plate-spinner was with him at the time of Lind concert at Castle Garden, though he does describe other acts.

Barnum, P. T. (2018). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 160.

“…a white man in blackface.”

Again, I have moved this episode a little forward in Barnum’s chronology.

Reiss, B. (2010). The showman and the slave: Race, death, and memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 66.

“…without ever having heard her voice.”

Barnum, P. T. (2018). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 296.

“…quadrilles and polkas…”

Barnum, P. T. (2018). The life of P.T. Barnum: Written by Himself, New York, Redfield, p. 309.

“…11,000 patients…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 144.

“…ten babies per day…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 144.

“…the winter of 1853…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 152.

“…Fourth Avenue near Twelfth Street…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 149.

“…the storm’s third day…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 152.

“The three-mile journey…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 152.

“…huge cakes of ice.”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, pp. 152-53.

“…rowed himself across…”

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 153.