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- ↑ Reuben Gold Thwaites, ed. (1898). Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Madison. p. 308. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ "Historic Real Estate on Market". Wisconsin State Journal. February 17, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved April 20, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Fiedler, George (1997). Mineral Point: A History (4 ed.). Mineral Point, WI: Memorial Pendarvis Endowment Trust Fund.
- ↑ "Appointments by the Governor". Belmont Gazette. December 14, 1836. p. 3. Retrieved April 21, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
