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{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. 5. p. 1061.
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- ↑ Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p.45
- ↑ McIlwaine, H.R. (1914). Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60--1693. Richmond, Virginia, USA: Virginia State Library. pp. x, xvi.
- ↑ John H. Gwathmey, Twelve Virginia Counties Where the Western Migration Began (Richmond: The Dietz Press 1937) p. 13
- ↑ Wroth, Lawrence C. (1922). A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Typothetae of Baltimore. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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