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- ↑ ACTS AND RESOLVED PASSED BY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE. Augusta. 1848. p. 130.
- ↑ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 137.
- ↑ THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (14th ed.). Madison, Wis. 1875. p. 335.
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