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- ↑ Clerk, Florida Legislature House of Representatives Office of the (June 1, 1982). "The People of Lawmaking in Florida 1822/1983". The Office – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 Florida's Black Public Officials by Canter Brown Jr. pages 121, 122
- ↑ House, Florida Legislature (June 1, 1874). "Journal ..." – via Google Books.
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