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- ↑ PDF, Chawton House.
- ↑ Isobel Grundy, "Lewis , Alethea (1749–1827)", ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004 Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Orlando site, Cambridge University. Retrieved 27 September 2014. Archived 27 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
