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- ↑ "Death of the Honorable Leonidas Shaver", Deseret News (July 4, 1855), b. 132.
- ↑ "Appointments By the President", The Pittsburgh Gazette (September 7, 1852), p. 2.
- ↑ "Resignation of Judge Drummond, of Utah", Detroit Free Press (April 18, 1857), p. 2.
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