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- ↑ "Prominence, privilege and tragedy mark the Sedgwick family". Chicago Tribune . 4 February 2007.
- ↑ Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1874). The history of the descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass. Vol. 2. New York: J. F. Trow & Son. pp. 735–739.
- ↑ Chadbourne, Ava H. (Apr 20, 1949). "Many Maine towns bear names of military men". Lewiston Evening Journal. pp. A-2. Retrieved 17 October 2015.