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- ↑ List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Norwalk Hour 1922
- ↑ "Norwalk after two hundred & fifty years, an account of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the charter of the town, 1651--September 11th--1901; including historical sketches of churches, schools, old homes, institutions, eminent men, patriotic and benevolent work, together with the record of soldiers and sailors enlisted in Norwalk from 1676 to 1898. The civic progress in the last century and statistics of commerce and other miscellany of local interest". 1902.
- ↑ "Read the eBook Boyd's Fairfield County directory by W. Andrew Boyd online for free (Page 12 of 25)".
- ↑ "Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years: An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town, 1651-September 11th-1901 : Including Historical Sketches of Churches, Schools, Old Homes, Institutions, Eminent Men, Patriotic and Benevolent Work, Together with the Record of Soldiers and Sailors Enlisted in Norwalk from 1676 to 1898, the Civic Progress in the Last Century and Statistics of Commerce and Other Miscellany of Local Interest". 1901.
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