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- ↑ "Major General Edward Smith, 1777-1793".
- ↑ Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1995). Proceedings - Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society. p. 426.
- ↑ Esq. Thomas Quayle (1812). General View of the Agriculture of the Isle of Man: With Observations on the Means of Its Improvement. G. and W. Nicol. p. 188.
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