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- ↑ Library, California State. "Governors of California - Elizabeth Bigler". governors.library.ca.gov.
- ↑ "Mrs. Bigler's Funeral". Placer Argus. November 22, 1873. Retrieved December 25, 2022– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ↑ "Bigler Family collection, 1852-1918". California State Library. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
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