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- ↑ "Hiram Chapman, Nobleboro, 1857". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "Legislature of Maine", Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (February 20, 1863), p. 1.
- ↑ "Legislative Report for the Daily Whig", Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (March 17, 1864), p. 3.
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