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- ↑ "The Connecticut journal. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
- ↑ "The Connecticut Journal (New-Haven [Conn.]) 1775-183?". Library of Congress.
- ↑ "Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, Conn.) 1809-1809". Library of Congress.
- ↑ "New Haven, Connecticut, USA - 1767 - Thomas And Samuel Green Launch Newspaper Which After Many Changes Becomes New Haven Journal-Courier | GREENERPASTURE". greenerpasture.com.
- ↑ "History of Connecticut Newspapers". CT State Library.
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