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- ↑ Ogden, Adele (1975). The California Sea Otter Trade, 1784-1848. University of California Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780520028067.
- ↑ Atherton, Faxon Dean (1964). California Diary, 1836-1839 . California Historical Society. pp. 194.
- ↑ Egan, Ferol (1977). Frémont, Explorer for a Restless Nation. University of Nevada Press. p. 544. ISBN 9780874170962.
- 1 2 Hittell, Theodore Henry (1898). History of California. N. J. Stone. pp. 181–182.
- ↑ Evanosky, Dennis (2013-11-28). "Yerba Buena Cove". Lost San Francisco. Pavilion Books. ISBN 9781909815247.