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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.

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U. S. Geographic Board: Decisions of the Board; Washington, v. d.
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Whitemore, William Henry: An Essay on the Origin of the Names of Towns in Massachusetts; Boston, 1873.

9. Surnames and Given Names
 
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——: Guide to Similar Surnames, For Use in the Adjutant General’s Office, War Department; Washington, 1920.
——: List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts, 1780–1892; Boston, 1893.
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Dunlap, Fayette: A Tragedy of Surnames, Dialect Notes, vol. iv, pt. i, 1913.
Ferguson, Robert: English Surnames; London, 1858.
——: Surnames as a Science; London, 1883.
Fernow, Berthold: New Amsterdam Family Names and Their Origin; New York, 1898.
Flom, George F.: Norwegian Surnames, Scandinavian Studies and Notes, vol. v, p. 139.
Gardner, J. E.: List of Chinese Family Names; Washington, 1909.
Gentry, Thomas G.: Family Names of the Irish, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Scotch; Phila., 1892.
Harrison, Henry: A Dictionary of the Surnames of the United Kingdom; London, 1912.
Hill, Geoffry: Christian Names in England (in Some Consequences of the Norman Conquest; London, 1904).
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Inman, Thomas: On the Origin of Certain Christian and Other Names; Liverpool, 1866.