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- ↑ NationalLibrary of Wales
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1865 p820: London, Horace Cox, 1885
- ↑ "David Archard Williams and His Times 1796-1879". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
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