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- ↑ EL CORONEL DOMINGO DE ELIZONDO (1710-1783) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Elizondo, Domingo (1999). Noticia de la expedición contra los rebeldes seris y pimas de Sonora, 1767-1771. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 968-36-7444-5.
- ↑ Stagg, Albert L. (1 June 1976). The First Bishop of Sonora: Antonio de los Reyes, O.F.M. University of Arizona Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8165-0549-4.
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