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References
- ↑ Weihofen, Henry. "New Mexico : The Territorial and District Courts" (PDF). Tenth Circuit Historical Society. Historical Society of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ Kellogg, Deren Earl (2000). "Lincoln's New Mexico Patronage: Saving the Far Southwest for the Union". New Mexico Historical Review. 75 (4): 516.
- 1 2 3 4 Hunt, Aurora (1961). Kirby Benedict, frontier Federal judge; an account of legal and judicial development in the Southwest, 1853-1874, with special reference to the Indian, slavery, social and political affairs, journalism, and a chapter on circuit riding with Abraham Lincoln in Illinois. Glendale, California: A.H. Clark Co.
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