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- ↑ "Collector at Newburyport". The Boston Daily Globe. June 29, 1890.
- ↑ Currier, John J. (1906). History of Newburyport, Mass. 1764-1905. John J. Currier. p. 675.
- ↑ Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts, Volume 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1922. pp. 856.
- ↑ Currier, John J. (1906). History of Newburyport, Mass. 1764-1905. John J. Currier. pp. 190–191.
- ↑ Currier, John J. (1906). History of Newburyport, Mass. 1764-1905. John J. Currier. p. 379.
- ↑ Currier, John J. (1906). History of Newburyport, Mass. 1764-1905. John J. Currier. p. 228.
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