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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.
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