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- ↑ Leitch 1978, p. 121.
- ↑ Leitch 1978, pp. 121–122.
- 1 2 Morris, Edward Allen (1951). A Brief Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, New Jersey (PDF). OCLC 8606827.
Works cited
- Leitch, Alexander (1978). A Princeton Companion. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04654-9.
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