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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Cutter, William Richard (1908), William Richard Cutter (ed.), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. I, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., pp. 1873–1874
- ↑ "History". Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Old Dedham". Boston Post. April 2, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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