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- 1 2 Castelow, Teri L. (2009). "Miss Sophia Sawyer: Founder of the Fayetteville Female Seminary". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 68 (2): 176–200. ISSN 0004-1823.
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- ↑ "Sophia Sawyer (1792–1854)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- 1 2 "Fayetteville Female Seminary (image)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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- ↑ "Students in 1859 at the Fayetteville Female Seminary". Fayetteville History: The Book of Lists. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
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