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- ↑ Illinois Blue Book. 1903. pp. 315, 316, 329.
- ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the ... General Assembly of the State of Illinois. J.Y. Sawyer, Public Printer. 1857. p. 1025.
- ↑ Politics and Politicians of Illinois. H.W. Rokker. 1887. p. 37.
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