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References
- ↑ "New Jersey Governor Franklin Murphy". National Governors Association. Retrieved Aug 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Stokes To Stump For Fort; Ex-Gov. Murphy to Succeed Senator Briggs as State Chairman in Jersey". The New York Times , September 24, 1907. Accessed March 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Briggs To Be Chairman; He Is Lewis's Choice to Succeed Franklin Murphy.". The New York Times , September 27, 1910. Accessed March 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Franklin Murphy of Newark". Newarkology.
Further reading
- New Jersey Historical Commission, The Governors of New Jersey 1664-1974: Biographical Essays. Trenton, NJ, The Commission, 1982. Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner, Editors.
- Olsen, Bernard, A Billy Yank Governor: The Life and Times of New Jersey's Franklin Murphy, 2000, Phoenix Publishing, Missoula, Montana.
- Sobel, Robert (Editor), Raimo, John (Editor), Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1983, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-28098-3
- Stryker, William S., Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War. Trenton, NJ: John Murphy, 1876.
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