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- ↑ Earl Mills, Talking With The Elders of Mashpee Memories of Earl H. Mills, Sr. (2012), pg. 57
- ↑ "New Bedford Whaling Museum Crew list". www.whalingmuseum.org.
- ↑ 1880 U.S. Census accessible on familysearch.org
- ↑ Mills at 57
- ↑ The Marston's Grist, Fall 2019, The newsletter of the Marstons Mills Historical Society
- ↑ Obituary in Hyannis Patriot, Jan.12, 1933; Front Page
- ↑ Mills at 57
- ↑ "Burden basket with burden strap/tumpline". National Museum of the American Indian .
- ↑ Earl Mills, Talking With The Elders of Mashpee Memories of Earl H. Mills, Sr. (2012), pg. 57
- ↑ Mashpee Town Cemetery records available on familysearch.org
- ↑ Earl Mills, Talking With The Elders of Mashpee Memories of Earl H. Mills, Sr. (2012), pg. 57
- ↑ Priscilla appeared in "People and How They Affected Me"