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- ↑ Mann, Ralph (1982). After the Gold Rush : society in Grass Valley and Nevada City, California, 1849–1870. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-8047-1136-4.
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- ↑ "Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Burial Index" (PDF). Old City Cemetery Committee. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
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