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- ↑ Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813533254.
- ↑ Peter Genovese (2007). New Jersey Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat. ISBN 9780762741120.
- ↑ "... New Jersey Co-operative Farm" (PDF). The New York Times . November 7, 1912. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ↑ New Jersey, a Guide to Its Present and Past. Federal Writers' Project. 2007. ISBN 9781603540292.
- ↑ Mark Sceurman. Weird NJ. Weird NJ.
- ↑ Randall Gabrielan (June 2001). Piscataway Township. ISBN 9780738504391.
- ↑ Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman (2003). Uncle Sam's House, Anarchy in Piscataway. Weird NJ. ISBN 9780760739792.
- ↑ Laurence R. Veysey (November 1978). The communal experience: anarchist and mystical communities in twentieth ... ISBN 9780226854588.