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- ↑ Siddall, John William (1917). Men of Hawaii: being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands (Public domain ed.). Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 247–. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ↑ Thrum, Thomas George (1930). The Hawaiian annual for ... Thos. G. Thrum. p. 46. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
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