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- 1 2 3 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1977-78 . Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1958. p. 62.
- ↑ WILLIAM G. SHAUGHNESSY, 84; LEGISLATOR, MAYOR OF WOBURN, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Globe, July 23, 2001
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