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- ↑ "Proceedings of the Legislature". Mississippi Free Trader and Natchez Gazette. 27 February 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (May 3, 1907). "Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form". Southern Historical Publishing Association – via Google Books.
- 1 2 History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (May 3, 1908). "The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi". Department of Archives and History – via Google Books.
- ↑ Lipscomb, William Lowndes (1909). A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century. Press of Dispatch printing Company. p. 5-7.
- ↑ "Dr Dabney Lipscomb dead". Monroe Democrat. 3 July 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ↑ "Decease of Dr. Dabney Lipscomb". The Weekly Mississippian. 5 July 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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