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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Hamilton, Alexander; Hamilton, Alastair (June 1981). The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary. Columbia University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-231-08929-6 . Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ↑ Hammond, Jabez Delano (1842). The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to December, 1840... C. Van Benthuysen. p. 127. Retrieved 18 October 2022.