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- 1 2 "Election News. Result of the Polling at Dundee". The Glasgow Herald. 17 February 1888. p. 8. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Resignation of Mr Lacaita MP for Dundee. Differences on the Home Rule Question". The Glasgow Herald. 28 November 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ↑ "Resignation of Mr C. C. Lacaita MP. Denouncation of Gladstonian Tactics". The Dundee Courier and Argus. No. 28 November 1887. p. 3.
- ↑ "Mr Lacaita and Lord Rosebery". The Dundee Courier and Argus. No. 3 December 1887. p. 3.