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- ↑ "Roosevelt and Bridge Street Ferry". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. April 30, 1853. p. 2.
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- ↑ "Special Notices". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. April 29, 1857. p. 3.
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- ↑ "The Ferry Franchises". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. July 6, 1859. p. 3.
- ↑ "Ferry Proceedings". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. August 8, 1859. p. 2.
- ↑ "Cheap Ferriage". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. January 6, 1860. p. 2.
- ↑ "The Williamsburg Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. February 7, 1860. p. 2.
- ↑ "The Brooklyn Ferry Company". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. December 11, 1860. p. 2.
- ↑ "Brooklyn Ferries". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. July 18, 1870. p. 2.