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Events from the year 1872 in the United States.
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References
- Gerrard et al., Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 2018.
- Wight, Charles Henry, Genealogy of the Claflin Family, 1661–1898. New York: Press of William Green. 1903. Full scan at the Internet Archive.