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- James Smith Buck, Pioneer History of Milwaukee: 1854-1860 Milwaukee: Swain & Tate: 1886. p. 114. https://books.google.com/books?id=J3k1AAAAIAAJ
- Memoirs of Milwaukee County : from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Milwaukee County. Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1909. OCLC 3347831. p. 164. Reprinted by La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 2000. ISBN 1-58103-125-4, ISBN 978-1-58103-125-6, ISBN 1-58103-126-2, ISBN 978-1-58103-126-3
- "Fearful Disaster on Lake Michigan; The Steamer Lady Elgin Sunk by Collision with a Schooner." New York Times , September 1, 1860.
This article incorporates text from the 1909 edition of Memoirs of Milwaukee County , by Jerome Anthony Watrous which is in the public domain in the United States.
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