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The following events occurred in January 1904:
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- ↑ "AGED PIONEER DIES AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS". San Francisco Call . Vol. 95, no. 61. 30 January 1904. Page 2, column 7. Retrieved 14 March 2024– via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ↑ Political Graveyard, 1859-60 California State Assembly
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