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- ↑ New England historical & genealogical register. Jan. 1847
- ↑ Massachusetts register and United States calendar. 1848
- ↑ Isaiah Thomas, Benjamin Franklin Thomas. The history of printing in America: with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers, Volume 1. J. Munsell, printer, 1874.
- ↑ "The Massachusetts register and United States calendar for the year of our Lord ..." The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for the Year of Our Lord ... 1801. OCLC 166639304.