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- 1 2 Princeton University Class of 1856 (1860). Triennial Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1856, College of New Jersey: Condensed from the Class-book, A.D. 1859, by Alfred Alexander Woodhull, M.D. A. Stephen Holbrook, "Printer to the College of New Jersey,". p. 57.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Mississippi at Its ... Annual Convocation". 1910.
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- ↑ "Directory of the Graduates and Former Students of Princeton College". 1888.
- ↑ "Triennial Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1856, College of New Jersey: Condensed from the Class-book, A.D. 1859, by Alfred Alexander Woodhull, M.D." 1860.
- 1 2 Epsilon, Delta Kappa (1910). "Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity [1910]".
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