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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "The General Election" . Morning Post. 24 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 6 November 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Essex Elections" . Chelmsford Chronicle. 6 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 November 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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