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- ↑ Haltigan, James (1908). The Irish in the American Revolution: And Their Early Influence in the Colonies. Washington, DC: Patrick J. Haltigan. p. 192.
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- 1 2 Davis, William Watts Hart (1905). History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 209.
- ↑ "Hugh Shiell papers, 1780-1785". Kentucky Historical Society on WorldCat. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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- ↑ Crowgey, Henry G. (6 April 2013). Kentucky Bourbon: The Early Years of Whiskeymaking. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 28, 38. ISBN 978-0-8131-4416-0.
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