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- ↑ San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture by Philip P. Choy, San Francisco: City Lights Books (2012) page 166 ISBN 978-0-872-86-540-2
- ↑ https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/re/hd/documents/yr1963hdb.doc
- ↑ "Sacramento Daily Union 15 October 1895 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ↑ "SFGMC Celebrates National Asian Pacific Heritage Month 2022". San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
- ↑ "Constitutional Rights Foundation". www.crf-usa.org.
- ↑ "[Andrew J. Moulder.]". oac.cdlib.org.
- ↑ "Moulder, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), 1825-1895 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
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