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References
- 1 2 3 4 Bricka, Biografisk, 599
- ↑ Westergaard, Danish West Indies, 29
- ↑ Dookhan, Isaac (1974). A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States. Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press. p. 112. ISBN 9789768125057 . Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Westergaard, Danish West Indies, 30
- 1 2 3 Haring, Buccaneers, 137