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- ↑ "Sacramento Daily Union 19 March 1878 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ↑ "Sacramento Daily Union 4 March 1872 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ↑ Avella, Steven M. (10 September 2003). Sacramento: Indomitable City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439630587 – via Google Books.
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