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- ↑ Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Mark Graham. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-674-00788-8.
- ↑ The Presbyterian Monthly Record. Vol. 33. Presbyterian Board of Publication. 1882. p. 145.
- ↑ "A New Wilmington Paper" . The Wilmington Sun. January 19, 1879. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Coalter, Milton J.; Mulder, John M.; Weeks, Louis (January 1, 1991). The Diversity of Discipleship: Presbyterians and Twentieth-century Christian Witness. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-0-664-25196-3.
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