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- ↑ http://www.cslib.org/memorials/churchs.htm Connecticut State Library web site
- ↑ Video of stained glass in church on YouTube
- ↑ http://www.math.temple.edu/~zit/Revolution/Bio/Church_Albert.pdf bio of Albert Church
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