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- ↑ "The Great Colts: Peter Colt". New Jersey History Digital Archive. William Paterson University. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "Oliver Family Estate Papers, 1759-1870, MS 626.2". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Pillars of Paterson". New Jersey History Digital Archive. William Paterson University. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "1835 (June 2004 Edition)" (PDF). PRR CHRONOLOGY. The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. June 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ↑ "Roswell Lyman Colt". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
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