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- 1 2 Denham, James M.; Brown, Canter (November 28, 2003). Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570035128 – via Google Books.
- ↑ https://www.floridamemory.com/fmp/territorial-legislative/PeopleOfLawmaking.pdf
- ↑ Published letter from his son The Siler City Grit (Siler City, North Carolina) 10 Apr 1919, Thursday, page 3 via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67586200/bascom-headon-palmer/photo
- ↑ "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". 1917.
- ↑ "Year Book". 1953.
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