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References
- ↑ "Newark Cemeteries". newarkcemeteries.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ Har-El, Menashe (1977). This is Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House. p. 117.
- ↑ John Thomas Dunn, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.
- ↑ Charles P. Gillen, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 23, 2007.
