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- ↑ Chase, Henry (1893). Representative Men of Maine: A Collection of Portraits with Biographical Sketches of Residents of the State, who Have Achieved Success ... to which is Added the Portraits and Sketches of All the Governors Since the Formation of the State ... Lakeside Press. p. 169. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Henry Lord, Bangor, ca. 1889". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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