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Deering may refer to:
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- ↑ "John W. Deering, Portland, ca. 1896". Maine Memory Network. Maine Historical Society . Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- 1 2 Past Members Portland Board of Trade. Chamber of Commerce Journal of Maine. 1905. pp. 471–472.
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