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- ↑ Downing, A.J. (1853). The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste. James Vice Jr.
- ↑ Convention of Episcopal Church, Diocese of New York Journal of the Proceedings of the 91st Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, Issues 91-93 (1874) , p. 186, at Google Books
- ↑ Nichols, Herbert B. (1938). Historic New Rochelle. The Board of Education, New Rochelle. pp. 84.
- ↑ Downing, A.J. (1853). The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste. James Vice Jr.
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