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- ↑ "The Mayoralty". The Petersburg Index. Petersburg, Virginia. May 21, 1868.
- ↑ "Municipal Election in Charleston, S.C." Daily Eastern Argus. Portland, Maine. November 11, 1868. p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ "State Items". The New Hampshire Patriot. May 19, 1869. p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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- ↑ Leander Winslow Cogswell, History of the town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire , 1880 p687
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- ↑ "Personal". South Carolina Leader. Charleston, South Carolina. October 21, 1865. p. 2.
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