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- ↑ Edward Eagle Brown, Helen Brown Dalton, Walter Elliott Brown, Robert Brown, and Mary Wilmarth Brown
- ↑ For the Chicago Evening Post
- ↑ Inventory of the Edward Eagle Brown Family Papers, 1749–1955, bulk 1810–1900, The Newberry Library, Chicago