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- ↑ "Naval Era Governors of Guam". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ Cox, Leonard Martin; Edward John Dorn (1917). Kenneth Chafee McIntosh and Merlyn Grail Cook (ed.). Island of Guam. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 46 . Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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- ↑ The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book. Chicago: Chicago Daily News. 1911. p. 247 . Retrieved 16 January 2011.
Edward Simpson Guam.
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