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- 1 2 3 "Death of George W. Morton". The New York Times . May 9, 1865. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
Mr. Morton, for many years clerk of the District Court of the United States, presided over by Judge Betts, in this city, died on Sunday morning at his residence in Hoboken. ...
- ↑ Winfield, Charles (1874). History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time. New York, NY: Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. p. 319.
- ↑ "New Jersey; Hoboken Charter Election" (PDF). The New York Times. April 14, 1855. p. 1.
- ↑ "New-Jersey.; Injunction Refused. Election of Officers. The Hoboken Water Question" (PDF). The New York Times. December 3, 1857. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ↑ "New Jersey Items" (PDF). The New York Times. April 10, 1858.
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