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- ↑ Clerk of the House of Delegates, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia 1982-1995 (Richmond, 1996) at p. 177
- ↑ Harris, John F.; Thomas, Pierre (31 December 1987). "State Del. John Rollinson Barking Up the Right Tree?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 January 2017.