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10. Horace Turner to Charles Thomas, April 18, 1887, Primus Papers, Connecticut Historical Society.
11. “A Letter from Liberia” in Hartford Daily Courant, September 27, 1858, Obituary Scrapbook, vol. 3, p. 53, at Connecticut Historical Society.
12. Charles Thomas obituary.
13. Interviewed about Rebecca Primus Thomas in 1973 were Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews of Boston, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Evans, Jr., of Bloomfield, and, in Hartford, Mrs. C. G. Mitchell, Mrs. Louis Peterson, Mrs. Rocelyn Putnam, and Mr. Louis H. Taylor.
14. Mrs. Mitchell mentioned South Carolina and Mrs. Peterson noted Africa.
15. Louis Taylor was suffering from a mild stroke when I met with him and he was unable to recall much about Rebecca. His cousin, Miss Arnita Taylor, was present and indicated that Mr. Taylor had a 1922 picture of the church members that included Rebecca. Mr. Taylor donated this picture to the Prudence Crandall Museum, which was being organized by the Connecticut Historical Commission.
16. Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Putnam.
17. Rebecca Thomas obituary in the Hartford Courant, February 22 and 24, 1932.