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- ↑ "Cromwell Argus". Vol. V, no. 233. 28 April 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ "The City Election". Evening Star . No. 3487. 27 April 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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