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References

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, Works of Bancroft. San Francisco: The History Company, 1884-1898.
Brown, Thomas A. Papers, 1823-1889.
California Agriculturist, The. Vol. 1. San Francisco: Towne and Bacon, 1859.
Collier, George. Laguna de Los Palos Colorados: A History of Moraga Rancho. (Typescript, 1966).
Contra Costa Gazette.
Contra Costa County Central Library Historical Collection.
Contra Costa Times.
Heizer, R. L. and Whipple, M. A. California Indians. University of California Press, 1973.
Hendy, G. W. and Bowman, J. N. Spanish and Mexican Adobes and Other Buildings In 9 San Francisco Bay Counties. (Typescript, 1946).
Hulsanki, F. J. History of Contra Costa County. Berkeley: California Book Company, 1953.
Lafayette Historical Society Files.
Lafayette Methodist Church. History and Centennial Celebration. (Typescript, 1956).
Moraga Historical Society Files.
Munro-Fraser, J. P. History of Contra Costa County. San Francisco: W. A. Slocum & Co., 1882.
Pettit, George. Clayton: Not Quite Shangri-La. Martinez: Contra Costa Historical Society, 1969.
Purcell, Mae Fisher. History of Contra Costa County. Berkeley: Gillick Press, 1940.
Rosenberg, Jennie Bickerstaff. Speech to Contra Costa Historical Society. (Typescript, 1956).
Russi, Alice McNeil. “Elam Brown,” Contra Costa Chronicles. Contra Costa Historical Society: Spring, 1966.
Smith & Elliott Co. Illustrations of Contra Costa County, California With Historical Sketch. Sacramento: Contra Costa Historical Society, 1952. (Reprinted from 1879 edition).

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