Note 969 — Chapter XXXIV · TILDEN, KELLY, AND DEFEAT 1880
Reading edition
Alfred R. Conkling, Life of Roscoe Conkling, pp. 623-625.
"I was informed by Mr. Conkling that he had not been alone one minute with General Garfield, intending by that care-taking to avoid the suggestion that his visit was designed to afford an opportunity for any personal or party arrangement."—Boutwell, Reminiscences, Vol. 2, p. 272.