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- 1 2 Wortman, Roy T. (February 1, 2006). "Robert H. Bremner (1917-2002)". Perspectives on History . American Historical Association (AHA). Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ↑ Bremner, Robert Hamlett (1980). The public good: Philanthropy and welfare in the Civil War era (1st ed.). New York: Knopf : distributed by Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-51123-8.
- ↑ Bremner, Robert H. (1996). Giving: Charity and Philanthropy in History. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-2463-7.
- ↑ "Robert H. Bremner Papers" . Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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