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Event table notes
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| Event data |  | 
   | Place: New York |  
   | Start date: Jan. 1883 |  
   | End date:   Mar. 1883 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The 1 Feb. 1883 issue of the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle says that the match had started, so I presume it began in Jan. 1883. The 1 Apr. 1883 issue gives the final result, so I presume it finished in Mar. 1883. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Periodicals |  
   | [BCC], vol. 1, no. 9, 1 Feb. 1883, page 84 |  
   | [BCC], vol. 1, no. 10, 15 Feb. 1883, page 93 |  
   | [BCC], vol. 1, no. 12, 15 Mar. 1883, page 106 |  
   | [BCC], vol. 1, no. 13, 1 Apr. 1883, page 114 |  
   | [BCC], vol. 1, no. 16, 15 May 1883, page 141 |  |  |