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Documents and other Primary Sources:
Merrill Family Files, Various unidentified articles concerning members of the Merrill family, Bartlett Historical Museum, Beloit, Wisconsin.
Merrill, Sereno T. A Narrative of Experiences in The Life of Sereno T. Merrill. Privately printed, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1900.
Richardson, Robert, Merrill Family Tree, Aug. 13, 1949.
Ross, Cora, The Reflections of Cora Ross, Noble J. Ross File, Bartlett Historical Museum, Beloit, Wisconsin, no date.
Ross, Helen, Our First Cyclone, From an old record book kept by Helen Ross, Bartlett Historical Museum, Beloit, Wisconsin, no date.
Second National Bank of Beloit vs. The Merrill and Houston Iron Works. Janesville County Court House, File drawers: 44 and 229. Footnote references will name each individual that testified.
U. S. Bureau of The Census. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860. Products of Industry.
U. S. Bureau of The Census. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880. Manufacturers.
Newspapers: Listed in chronological order.
The Beloit Journal of Politics, Literature, and General Intelligence, August 3, 1848 - August 2, 1855.
The Beloit Journal, August 16, 1855 - March 28, 1860.
The Beloit Journal and Ccurier, April 5, 1860 - June 2, 1864.
The Beloit Journal, June 9, 1864 - December 27, 1866.
The Beloit Free Press and Journal, July 11, 1867 - April 26, 1873.
The Beloit Weekly Free Press, May 3, 1873 - January 7, 1886.
The Beloit Graphic, January 13, 1877, July 28, 1880.
The Beloit Daily Record, July 8, 1878 - August 21, 1878.
The Daily Phonograph, September 9, 1878 - January 31, 1879.
The Beloit Daily Free Press, February 1, 1879 - August 10, 1885.
Rockford Register, December 3, 1883.
The Weekly Argus, January 2, 1885 — December 17, 1886.
Books and Articles
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The Book of Beloit. Beloit: Daily News Publishing Company, 1936.
Branch, Maurice. "The Paper Industry in the Lake State Region 1848—1947." Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1954.
A Brief History of Panics in the United States. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.
Brown, William. A History of Rock County Wisconsin. Chicago: C. F. Cooper and Company, 19 O~.
Current, Richard. The History of Wisconsin: The Civil War Era, Vol. II. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973.
Eaton, Edward. Historical Sketches of Beloit College. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1928.Ferrislew, W. Rock County Gazetter Directory and Business Adviser for 1857 and 1858. Janesville: Fernslew, 1857.
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A History of the Wisconsin Paper Industry. Chicago: Howard Publishing Company, 1948.
The Janesville and Beloit Directory and Business Mirror. Chicago/Madison, and Milwaukee: Smith, Dumoulin and Company, 1858.
Jones, Dwight. The Jones Story. Pittsfield: Jones Division, Beloit Corporation, 1966.
Kuehnl, George. The Wisconsin Business Corporation. Madison:
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Lockwood's Directory of the Paper Trade, New York: Howard Lockwood Publisher, 1873.
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Merk, Frederick. An Economic History of Wisconsin During the Civil War Decade. Madison: Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1916.
Nesbit, Robert. Wisconsin, A History. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1973.
The Rock River Valley: Its History, Traditions, Legends, and Charms. Volumes I—Ill. Chicago: S. J. Clark Publishing Co., 1926.
Smith, Alice. The History of Wisconsin: From Exploration to Statehood. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Publications, 1973.
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Smith, Leonard. Water Powers of Wisconsin. Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1908.
Beloit: Beloit Historical Society, 1942.
Tower, H. F. Pioneers Paper Making Machines. Beloit: Beloit Iron Works, 1955.
Walsh, Margaret. The Manufacturing Frontier: Pioneer Industry in Antebellum Wisconsin. Madison: Wisconsin State Historical Society Publications.
Weeks, Lyman. The History of Paper Manufactures in the United States. New York: Lockwood Trade Journal Company, 1916.