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Event table notes
 
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| Event data |  
   | Place: New Orleans    | 
 
   | Start date: Mar. 1858 | 
 
   | End date:   Mar. 1858 | 
 
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   | Notes: | 
 
   | Lawson says these games were played during a visit by W.W. Montgomery to New Orleans, and that Montgomery 'arrived just before April [1858], staying a week'. The games during this visit are also mentioned by Fiske (p.512), without giving results. | 
 
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   | References | 
 
| Books |  
   |    Fiske, First American Chess Congress, page 512 | 
 
   |    Lange and Falkbeer, Paul Morphy Sketch, page 77, 97 | 
 
   |    Lawson, Paul Morphy, page 93 | 
 
| Periodicals |  
   |    [CMNY], vol. 2, no. 7, July 1858, page 222 | 
 
 
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