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- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/cu31924020417527/cu31924020417527_djvu.txt Appointment as Governor of Jamaica
- ↑ http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/Williams_Francis1700-70.html William Francis Eulogy
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