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- ↑ Attachmate Announces Agreement to Sell the Company to Investment Group (press release), Attachmate, April 18, 2005 – via Marketwired.com
- ↑ "Julia Pritt obituary", The Seattle Times, April 11, 2010 – via legacy.com
- ↑ "Real Estate News about Frank Pritt, Allman Brothers' Butch Trucks and Lee Vogelstein - WSJ".
