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- 1 2 3 Bingham, Stephen D. (1888). Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators. Thorp & Godfrey, state printers – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ "Tooley to Tostofson". Political Graveyard . Retrieved June 3, 2020.
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