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- ↑ "John Beavor-Webb, Naval Architect, Dies. Designer of Galatea and Genesta, Which He Sailed in Races for America's Cup". New York Times . March 12, 1927. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2011-05-20.
John Beavor-Webb, naval architect, who designed J. Pierpont Morgan's Corsair and other famous yachts, died yesterday of a stroke at his residence ...
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ "Corsair III in Venice, 1902 Publisher=Robb Report". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- 1 2 "John Beavor-Webb's Widow Disinherited" . The Bridgeport Telegram. Bridgeport, Connecticut. April 5, 1927. p. 14. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
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