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- ↑ "New Haven Elm Citys (1875)". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ "The 1875 New Haven Elm Citys". retrosheet.org. Retrosheet, Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ↑ Arcidiacono, David (17 December 2009). Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut: The Rise and Fall of the Middletown, New Haven and Hartford Clubs. McFarland & Company. pp. 125, 211. ISBN 978-0-7864-3677-4 . Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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