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- ↑ H.J. Libby & Co – WorldCat
- 1 2 3 Burrage, Henry Sweetser (1909). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 312.
- 1 2 3 4 Burrage, Henry Sweetser (1909). Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 309.
- ↑ Yarmouth Revisited, Amy Aldredge (2013) ISBN 0738599034
- ↑ Representative Men of Maine. Lakeside Press. 1893. p. 219.