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- ↑ "The Pioneer Legislators", Strong, Moses M., Grant County Witness June 14, 1877; p. 2, col. 4] via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Territorial Whig Convention", South Port American August 2, 1845; p. 1, col. 2 via Newspapers.com
- ↑ "Vote for Delegate", Mineral Point Democrat November 25, 1845; p. 2, col. 4 via Newspapers.com
- ↑ Reid, Harvey. "Colonel Thomas Cox" The Annals of Iowa Volume 7 Number 4 (1906). Des Moines: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1906. pp. 261-262 and passim
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