1. The Evolution of Government Printing and Publishing in America;Stathis;Government Publications Review,1980
2. Acres and Old Men: Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1847–1861;Oberly,1982
3. The Pension Bureau's business may be followed in the annual Reports of the Commissioner of Pensions 1849 through 1861, reprinted in the first number of the House and Senate Miscellaneous Documents for each session. The results of a congressional investigation into the processing work of the Pension Bureau are located in House Report, No. 4, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, Serial No. 606.
4. 9 Statutes 125, Act of Feb. 11, 1847.
5. The Demand for Land: The United States, 1820–1860;Lebergott;Journal of Economic History,1985