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- ↑ Silvervale, Lumina, 1873. An Orphan of the Old Dominion: Her Trials and Travels, Embracing a History of Her Life Taken Primarily from her Journals and Letters.
- ↑ Davis, Thadius M. 1993. "Women's Art and Authorship in the Southern Region: Connections" In The Female Tradition in Southern Literature. Edited by Carol S. Manning. University of Illinois Press.
- ↑ Sacramento Daily Union, October 13, 1889. Death of An Authoress" Mrs. Harriet Almira Baker Dies Friendless and Alone.