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9
.   Used as a proper name, ‘Dod’ or ‘Doddie’ is a long-established colloquial form of George in Scotland.

10
.   Charlie May Simon,
The Andrew Carnegie Story
, p. 15.

11
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, pp. 15–16.

12
.   
Ibid
., p. 16.

13
.   
Ibid
., p. 50.

14
.   
Ibid
., p. 14.

15
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 21.

16
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 21.

17
.   
Ibid
., p. 26.

18
.   
Ibid
., p. 24.

19
.   
Ibid
., p. 26.

20
.   Charlie May Simon,
The Andrew Carnegie Story
, pp. 16–17.

21
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 10.

22
.   Arthur Helps (ed.),
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands by Queen Victoria
, p. 6.

23
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 25.

24
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 13. Carnegie is quoting Robert Burns’s ‘Man Was Made to Mourn – A Dirge’, verse 8, ll.
2–4; the correct quote is:
So abject, mean and vile
Who begs a brother of the earth
To give him leave to toil.

25
.   
Ibid
., p. 25.

26
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, pp. 40–1.

27
.   Andrew Carnegie, p. 25.

28
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 43.

Chapter Three

1
.   W.A. Carrothers,
Emigration from the British Isles
, p. 305.

2
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 28.

3
.   Alvin F. Harlow,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 14.

4
.   
Ibid
., p. 15.

5
.   
Ibid
.; and Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 53.

6
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 32.

7
.   
Ibid
., p. 35.

8
.   
Ibid
., p. 35.

Chapter Four

1
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 37.

2
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 56.

3
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 38.

4
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 57.

5
.   
Ibid
., vol. I, p. 58.

6
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 41.

7
.   Peter Krass,
Carnegie
, p. 30.

8
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 43.

9
.   
Ibid
.

10
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 93.

11
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 42.

12
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 62.

13
.   Peter Krass,
Carnegie
, p. 39.

14
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 97.

15
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 51.

16
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 66.

17
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 55.

18
.   
Ibid
., p. 57.

19
.   James A. Reid,
The Telegraph in America
.

20
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 59.

21
.   John K. Winkler,
Incredible Carnegie
, pp. 54–5.

22
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 62.

23
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, pp. 105–6.

24
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 61.

25
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 70.

26
.   
Ibid
., vol. I, p. 71.

Chapter Five

1
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, pp. 83–4.

2
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 64.

3
.   
Ibid
., pp. 67–8.

4
.   Peter Krass,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 49.

5
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 11.

6
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 73.

7
.   
Ibid
.

8
.   
Ibid
.

9
.   
Ibid
., p. 82.

10
.   
Ibid
.

11
.   
Ibid
., p. 77.

12
.   
Ibid
., p. 63.

13
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 93.

14
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 133.

15
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 80.

16
.   
Ibid
., p. 84.

17
.   
Ibid
., p. 85.

18
.   
Ibid
., p. 86. Here Andrew Carnegie is quoting from William Wordsworth’s ‘Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey’, l. 33.

19
.   John K. Winkler,
Incredible Carnegie
, p. 66.

20
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 88.

21
.   
Ibid
., p. 90.

22
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 81.

23
.   Peter Krass,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 56, quoting letter of 10 April 1903.

Chapter Six

1
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 87.

2
.   
Ibid
.

3
.   Peter Krass,
Carnegie
, pp. 56–7.

4
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 88.

5
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 96.

6
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, pp. 139–41.

7
.   
Ibid
., p. 141.

8
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 91.

9
.   
Ibid
.

10
.   
Ibid
., pp. 93–4.

11
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, p. 98.

12
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 97.

13
.   
Ibid
.

14
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 151.

15
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 93.

16
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 103.

17
.   Viscount Morley,
Recollections
, vol. I, p. 20.

18
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 89.

19
.   
Ibid
., pp. 99–100.

20
.   
Ibid
., p. 100.

21
.   
Ibid
., p. 109.

22
.   Letter, 26 July 1861. Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 108.

23
.   Letter, 4 October 1900 to W.T. Stead. Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 104.

24
.   David Bates,
Lincoln in the Telegraph Office
, p. 22.

25
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 101.

26
.   
Ibid
., p. 102.

27
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 176.

Chapter Seven

1
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, pp. 110–11: Letter, Altoona, 10 p.m., 26 May 1882 to George Lauder Sr.

2
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 110.

3
.   Broomhall: Thomas Harrison’s edifice of 1796–7, built for the Earls of Elgin; Fordell: a sixteenth-century castle; Donibristle: a sixteenth-century castle rebuilt in 1724, only to be destroyed by fire in 1858.

4
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 111.

5
.   
Ibid
., p. 112.

6
.   
Ibid
.

7
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 115.

8
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Triumphant Democracy
, p. 454.

9
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 116.

10
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 113.

11
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 120.

12
.   
Ibid
., vol. I, p. 119. Letter to George Lauder Jr, dated Homewood, Sunday 21 June 1863.

13
.   
Ibid
.

14
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 125.

15
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, pp. 123–4.

16
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 190 and n. 75, p. 1059.

17
.   
Ibid
., p. 224.

18
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 141.

19
.   
Ibid
., pp. 141–2.

Chapter Eight

1
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 138.

2
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 142.

3
.   Carnegie Travel Letters:
c
. June 1865 to Margaret and Tom Carnegie.

4
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 142.

5
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 139.

6
.   
Ibid
., pp. 138 and 140.

7
.   
Ibid
., p. 139.

8
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 143.

9
.   Carnegie Travel Letters, 16 October 1865.

10
.   
Ibid
., Carnegie to Margaret and Tom Carnegie, 3 December 1865.

11
.   
Ibid
., Carnegie to Margaret Carnegie, 2 September 1865.

Chapter Nine

1
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 149.

2
.   
Ibid
., pp. 149–50.

3
.   
Ibid
., p. 149.

4
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 143.

5
.   
Ibid
., p. 146.

6
.   
Ibid
., pp. 146–7.

7
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 150.

8
.   
Ibid
., p. 154.

9
.   
Ibid
.

10
.   
Ibid
., p. 155.

11
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 172.

12
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 157.

13
.   William Power,
The National Wallace Museum
, pp. 1–2.

14
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 160.

15
.   
Ibid
.

16
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, pp. 230ff.

17
.   
Ibid
., vol. I, p. 224.

18
.   Peter Krass,
Carnegie
, p. 113.

19
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 170.

20
.   
Ibid
., p. 174.

21
.   Joseph Frazier Wall,
Andrew Carnegie
, p. 316.

22
.   Burton J. Hendrick,
The Life of Andrew Carnegie
, vol. I, p. 215.

23
.   
Ibid
.

24
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 210.

25
.   Simon Goodenough,
The Greatest Good Fortune: Andrew Carnegie’s Gift for Today
, p. 28.

Chapter Ten

1
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Round the World
, p. 38.

2
.   
Ibid
., p. 47.

3
.   
Ibid
., pp. 134–5.

4
.   
Ibid
., p. 273.

5
.   The letter appears in vol. 4 of the Andrew Carnegie papers at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.

6
.   Andrew Carnegie,
Autobiography
, p. 204.

7
.   
Ibid
., p. 206. In fact Carnegie’s
An American Four-in-hand in Britain
preceded this work in 1883.

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