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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: New York |  
   | Start date: 11 Apr. 1896 |  
   | End date:   26 May 1896 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Di Felice has William Allen Ruth in this match, but he was only born in 1886. Hilbert has Stephen G. Ruth. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1747-1900, page 170 |  
   | Hilbert, Napier, page 24, 346 |  
   | Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 234 |  
   | Hilbert, Young Marshall, page 28, 43 |  |  |