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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Town and Vital Records".
- ↑ "Democratic District Convention".
- ↑ "Rail-Road Bill".
- ↑ Acts and Resolves (1843).
- ↑ "Vermont State Agricultural Society".
- 1 2 The History of the Descendants of John Dwight.
- ↑ "Vermont Democratic Nominations".
- ↑ "Windham County Convention".
- 1 2 Gravestone Listings of Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT.
- ↑ The Wheelwright Genealogy.
- 1 2 "Deacon John Holbrook House".
- 1 2 "Chapin Street".