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Brookside: A Young Man’s Dream Now Ashes; The Kentwood Ledger, Thursday, November 10, 1977
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Dietz, Richard; Research notes.
Dow, George Francis; The Pirates of the New England Coast, 1630-1730; Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts;1923, p.59.
Ellis, Mary M. Kent; letter to Esther Kent dated September 9, 1965
Gordon, William; letter dated February 26, 1808 to his mother, Mrs. West
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History of Newbury, Massachusetts (1635-1902);Currier; pp 643-646
Kent, Abigail; letter dated March 17, 1800, to her mother in Amherst, NH
Kent, Esther; letter dated July 17, 1975 to Col. And Mrs Paul Traver
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Obituary for Amos Kent; St. Louis Lumberman, Vol 31, Jan-June #12, p.42f; 1903
Obituary for Amos Kent; New Orleans Times Democrat, January 31, 1906
Obituary for Amos Kent; Kentwood Commercial; January 31, 1906
Obituary for Amos Kent; St. Helena Echo; February 1906
Obituary of Richard A. Kent, Sr.; Tangipahoa Parish News, Amite City, Louisiana; Thursday, November 18, 1926
Puls, E. E.; Little Railroads which Helped Build Communities; Center for Regional Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University; 1988 (Railroads, Rural in Louisiana, Chapter 1: Kentwood, Greensburg, and Southwest Railroad) [R. A. Kent, Jr. Fluker, Louisiana]
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