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- ↑ Bloomfield & Bloomfield 1987.
- ↑ Johnson 1968, p. 263.
- 1 2 Kealey 1991, p. 19.
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- 1 2 Robinson 1885, p. 385.
- ↑ Forster 1996, pp. 164.
Reference bibliography
- Forster, Ben (1996). "Finding the right size: Markets and competition in mid- and late- nineteenth-century Ontario". In Hall, Roger; Westfall, William; Sefton MacDowell, Laurel (eds.). Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario's History. Dundurn. ISBN 9781554882649.
- Lerner, Loren Ruth; Williamson, Mary F. (1991). Art Et Architecture Au Canada. Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802058560.
- Robinson, C. Blackett (1885). History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario: pt. 1. Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson.
- Johnson, J. Keith, ed. (1968). "Hay, Robert". The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867–1967. Queen's Printer.
- Kealey, Gregory S. (1991). "Toronto's industrial revolution". Toronto Workers Respond to Industrial Capitalism, 1867–1892. Reprints in Canadian history. Vol. 247. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802068835.
- Bloomfield, Elizabeth; Bloomfield, Gerald (1987-01-01). "Mills, Factories and Craftshops of Ontario, 1870: A Machine-Readable Source for Material Historians". Material Culture Review. 25.
Further reading
- "Jacques and Hay's Cabinet Factory". Journal of the Board of Arts and Manufacturers of Upper Canada. 2: 193–196. July 1864.
- Dunning, Phil (November 1974). "The Jacques and Hay Styles: Canadian Cabinet Makers and Victorian Style". Canadian Antiquities Collector. 9 (6): 14–17.
- Radforth, Ian (1989). "Managing Jacques and Hay's New Lowell operations, 1853–1873". In Baskerville, Peter Allan (ed.). Canadian Papers in Business History. Vol. 1. Public History Group, University of Victoria. ISBN 9780921278023.
- Cathcart, Ruth (1986). Jacques & Hay: 19th Century Toronto Furniture Makers. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 9780919783294.