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- ↑ "The New Member". Wisconsin State Journal . May 27, 1853. p. 2. Retrieved September 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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- ↑ Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, with portions of the correspondence of the secretary Vol. II. Madison: Beriah Brown, State Printer, 1852; pp. 68, 82
- ↑ "Horticultural" and "Messinger, R. N." in Milwaukee City Directory for 1857 & 1858 Volume 1 First Series; Milwaukee: Steam Press of King, Jermain & Co., 1858