Kennard, Nina H. (1912). Lafcadio Hearn. The Library of Congress. New York, D. Appleton and Company. p. 2.
According to one of his biographers, a family Bible records 'Patricio Lafcadio Tessima Carlos Hearn, August 1850.' Kennard, Nina H. (1912). Lafcadio Hearn. New York: D. Appleton and Co.
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