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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Fleming, George T (1922). History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American Revolution. New York, Chicago: American Historical Society. pp. 30–32. OCLC 19808084 . Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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