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- ↑ "Arthur Ingram: Member From: 1815 - 1829" in, House History: All Burgesses & Delegates Virginia General Assembly website. Accessed August 30, 2021
- ↑ Scott, Harvey Whitefield. History of Portland, Oregon: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, 1890; p. 471
- ↑ Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; pp. 528-529
- ↑ Nolan, Frederick W. The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History Revised Edition with a New Foreword by the Author and An Addendum with Corrections. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 2009; p. 451
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