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- 1 2 South Carolina Legislative Manual 1975. Vol. 56. Columbia, South Carolina: General Assembly of South Carolina. 1975. p. 104. Retrieved May 11, 2017– via Google Books.
- ↑ "Former congressman still occupies historic Snow estate". Florence Morning News. June 7, 2017.
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