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- ↑ Crawford, Michael J. Officers of Peculiar Skill (PDF). Naval History and Heritage Command. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-943604-23-4.
- ↑ Tousard, Louis de (1809). American Artillerist's Companion: Or Elements of Artillery. Treating of All Kinds of Firearms in Detail, and of the Formation, Object, and Service of the Flying Or Horse Artillery, Preceded by an Introductory Dissertation on Cannon ... C. and A. Conrad and Company. p. 370.
- ↑ "Ranks + Rates". USS Constitution Museum. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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