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- ↑ "Gaining Group". The Boston Daily Globe. January 15, 1900.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Adams Confirmed". The Boston Daily Globe. May 4, 1899.
- ↑ "Benjamin S. Hull Named". The Boston Daily Globe. May 10, 1906.