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- ↑ Smull, John Augustus (1906). Smull's legislative hand book and manual of the State of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Co. p. 806. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ↑ Cope, Gilbert (1904). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 376. Retrieved 2 June 2018.