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- ↑ "Consul General Baxter Hunt". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ↑ "J. Baxter Hunt III - People - Department History - Office of the Historian".
- ↑ "Chargé d'Affaires - Richard H. Glenn".
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