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Notes
- ↑ Muller. Oude tyden in den Oranje-Vrystaat. pp. 110, 134, 149.
- ↑ For dates see South Africa on Worldstatesman.org.
Literature
- Muller, H.P.N. (1907). Oude tyden in den Oranje-Vrystaat. Naar Mr. H.A.L. Hamelberg's nagelaten papieren beschreven. Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 383p.
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