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References
- Roger L. Hall, Singing Stoughton: Selected Highlights from America's Oldest Choral Society, Old Stoughton Musical Society, 1985.
- Roger L. Hall, Music in Stoughton: A Brief Survey, Private printing, 1989.
- Roger L. Hall, Music in Early Canton: Historical Notes and Music, PineTree Press, 1997.
- Roger L. Hall, Dedication: Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992, PineTree Press, 2017.
- Daniel T.V. Huntoon, History of the Town of Canton, Norfolk County, Mass., Cambridge, John Wilson and Son, 1893.
- Lemuel W. Standish, editor, Old Stoughton Musical Society - An Historical and Informative Record of the Oldest Choral Society in America, Stoughton, 1929. [Now online]
