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References

  1. Lossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 171.
  2. Bagust, Harold (2006). The Greater Genius? A biography of Marc Isambard Brunel. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 18–19, 101. ISBN   0-7110-3175-4. OCLC   255313889.