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- ↑ "Replies to Mr. Grosvenor.; The National Civil Service League Resents the Congressman's Attack on the Law." New York Times, December 16, 1897,
- ↑ Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). . Collier's New Encyclopedia . New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
- ↑ Couturier, Jean J., "Civil Service Systems and Job Discrimination" p 68-72, Integrated Education, 13, 3, May-Jun 75
