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References
- ↑ "Death". Lyttelton Times . 8 December 1864.
- ↑ "Deaths". Lyttelton Times . 15 December 1864.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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