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- ↑ "Full text of "The American monthly magazine"". Archive. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution: DAR | National Society - Work of the Society - DAR Magazine, http://www.dar.org/natsociety/content.cfm?ID=278&FO=Y&hd=n, Retrieved 5 Jan 2014.
- ↑ National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution: American Spirit magazine, http://www.dar.org/natsociety/magazine.cfm, accessed 5 Jan 2014.
- ↑ Family History Library: American spirit : Daughters of the American Revolution magazine, https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1041789&disp=American+spirit%20%20&columns=*,180,0, accessed 5 Jan 2014.
- ↑ Family History Library: Daughters of the American Revolution newsletter : supplement to American Spirit magazine, https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1041793&disp=Daughters+of+the+American+Revolution+newsletter, Retrieved 5 Jan 2014.
- ↑ WALWORTH, Ellen Hardin (Oct. 20, 1832–June 23, 1915) (1971) Notable American Women: 1607–1950, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, US. Credo Reference Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ↑ Western Publishing and Engraving Company 1900, p. 97-98.
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