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- ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence (May 27, 1996), “James Comstock, 85, West Virginia Publisher” [Obit], The New York Times .
- ↑ Null, Matthew Neil, “Letter from West Virginia”, The Paris Review (May 17, 2016).
- ↑ Supplemental series, vols 1-8, are reprints drawn from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia ; "Special Virginia Edition" (1883-84; originally in 13 vols). Note that only 28 of the 54 West Virginia counties existing in 1883-84 were represented in Hardesty's.
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