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References
- ↑ Manual – the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Secretary of State, Rhode Island. 1878. p. 97.
- ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776–1976. Oceana Publications. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0 . Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ↑ https://preservation.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur406/files/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/charlestown/char_post-road_stanton-house-and-monument.pdf National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Stanton House/Wilcox Tavern
- ↑ https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.05101000/ "Defence of Governour Willcox", April 5, 1817. This hostile broadside accuses Wilcox of (among other things) visiting others so that he can invite them back to his house - a tavern.
- ↑ https://www.ricurrency.com/2012/12/30/phenix-bank-1-2/ Phenix Bank banknote with Wilcox's signature
- ↑ https://westerlylandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Sunnyacres-Preserve.pdf "A History of Sunnyacres Preserve", Westerly Land Trust, 2018, p. 3-4
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