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- ↑ "Members-Sara Georgini". The Junto - A Group Blog on Early American History. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- 1 2 Dena Kleiman. "Lyman H. Butterfield, Editor of the Adams Papers". The New York Times.
- ↑ Sara Georgini. "Making the Adams Papers". The Junto - A Group Blog on Early American History. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ↑ "The University of Virginia Press - Rotunda". University of Virginia. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- 1 2 "About Founders Online". founders.archives.gov. Founders Online, National Archives . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ↑ "About the Papers of John Adams". founders.archives.gov. Founders Online, National Archives . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- ↑ John Fea. "National Endowment for the Humanities Announces New Grants". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
