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- ↑ John C. Fredriksen, Revolutionary War Almanac (2006), p. 628.
- ↑ "Our Past: 2nd Continental Light Dragoons". 2nd Continental Light Dragoons. Second Continental Light Dragoons Official Website. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
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- ↑ Reuben Hyde Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, Vol. 2, Part 1 (1864), p. 847.
- ↑ Davenport, Robert R., Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938, 2008, ISBN 978-1-885943-19-4 p. 315.
