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- ↑ "About The Salt Lake herald". Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- 1 2 "The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
- ↑ "The Inter-mountain Republican. [volume]". National Endowment for the Humanities – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.