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- ↑ Reid, John M. 1879, Missions and Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York, NY: Hunt and Eaton; Cincinnati, OH: Cranston and Stowe
- ↑ Wade, Crawford Barclay. 1949. History of Methodist Missions, Vol 1. New York, NY: Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Church.
- ↑ First Fifty Years of Cazenovia Seminary, 1825-1875: The Missionary Cohort. Accessed 26 August 2009.
- ↑ "First Fifty Years of Cazenovia Seminary 1825-1875". madisoncountynewyork.com.