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A legacy is typically something that is left behind when a person dies. Sadly, most of what Swift left for the future is no longer in existence, except in the form of memories from books like this.

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  3. 3.

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  4. 4.

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  10. 10.

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  16. 16.

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  24. 24.

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  25. 25.

    E. D. Swift, “Is Mars Inhabited,” Los Angeles Times (1894 Sep. 2), p. 7 col. 1–2.

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    “Saw a Wildcat on Long Island,” New York Herald (1895 Sep. 23), p. 10, col. 1.

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    The Providence House Directory, 1896 (Providence: Sampson, Murdock, & Co., 1896), pp. 346; The Providence House Directory and Family Address Book, 1897 (Providence: Sampson, Murdock, & Co., 1897), pp. 383, 773.

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    Cortland Standard (1897 Mar. 19), p. 4, col. 1.

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  37. 37.

    “Dr. Swift Here,” Buffalo Evening News (1900 Aug. 18), p. 1, col. 6.

  38. 38.

    “Saw No Leonids,” Buffalo Evening News (1900 Nov. 15), p. 6, col. 1.

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    Buffalo Evening News (1902 Sep. 12), p. 3, col. 5.

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    Buffalo, New York, City Directory 1931 (1931), p. 1424.

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    Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 3: Musical Compositions. Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office (1910 May), p. 791.

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  45. 45.

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    “A. J. Crockett Fatally Shot,” Cattaraugus Republican (1935 Jun. 5), p. 5, col. 1.

  49. 49.

    “Swift,” Buffalo Courier-Express (1935 Sep. 26), p. 24, col. 1.

  50. 50.

    “Microscopical Society,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1881 Mar. 15), p. 4, col. 4.

  51. 51.

    L. Swift, “The Great Comet,” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1882 Dec. 14), p. 2, col. 6.

  52. 52.

    L. Swift, “The Captured Comet,” Rochester Evening Express (1880 Oct. 16), p. 2, col. 2.

  53. 53.

    “Henry Wilson,” The Brockport Republic (1889 Feb. 28), p. 3, col. 2.

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    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1881 Jul. 21), p. 4, col. 7.

  55. 55.

    N. M. Newton, “Sirius,” Sidereal Messenger, 2 (1883 Aug.), pp. 136–138.

  56. 56.

    L. Swift, “Remarkable Nebulae,” Popular Astronomy, 10 (1902 Mar.), p. 160.

  57. 57.

    J. Anderson correspondence with G. W. Kronk (2011 Jun. 26).

  58. 58.

    L. Swift correspondence with E. E. Barnard (1884 May 17).

  59. 59.

    Minor Planet Circular, No. 22505 (1993 Sep. 1).

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Kronk, G.W. (2017). Swift’s Legacy. In: Lewis Swift. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63721-1_13

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