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- ↑ Mackenzie. p. 270.
- ↑ Macwilliam, H. D. (1910). The official records of the mutiny in the Black Watch: a London incident of the year 1743. London: Forster Groom. p. lxiii . Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ↑ Atholl, John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray (1908). Chronicles of the Atholl and Tullibardine Families. Vol. II. Edinburgh: Privately printed at the Ballantyne Press. pp. 460-461. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ↑ Stewart, David of Garth (1825). Sketches of The Character, Manners, And Present State of The Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of The Military Service of The Highland Regiments. Vol. I. Edinburgh and London: A. Constable and Longman, Hurst. p. 278 . Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ Mackenzie. p. 199. Quoting: General Stewart of Garth