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- ↑ Smith, John Talbot (2008). The Catholic Church in New York: A History of the New York Diocese from Its Establishment in 1808 to the Present Time. Cosimo, Inc. p. 456. ISBN 9781605202785 . Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ Statistics, Fraternal Societies. Fraternal Monitor. 1914. p. 192. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ "NAME AND STATUS CHANGES OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. (356 KB), National Fraternal Congress of America
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