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- ↑ Eaton, Samuel John Mills; Woods, Henry (1902). "Caldwell Anderson Lawrence, William". Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Philadelphia: G.H. Buchanan and Company. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
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