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References
- Goodwin, Gordon; Oster, Malcolm (reviewer) (2004). "Packe, Christopher (b. in or before 1657, d. in or after 1708)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21071. His son is mentioned in the same article as his father: "Edmund Packe (fl. 1735)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21074.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Goodwin, Gordon (1895). "Packe, Christopher (fl.1711)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 30. The entry cites Packe's works.
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