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- ↑ "Guide to depositories of manuscript collections in Pennsylvania". Harrisburg, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of public instruction, Pennsylvania Historical commission. 1939.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080819145605/http://www.northeasttimes.com/2004/0624/antiques.html Northeast Times
