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- ↑ "Mayors of Philadelphia". 2021-02-22. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, Vol. 1, pp. 184-85 (1895)
- ↑ The Papers of William Penn, Volume 4, p. 553 (1987)
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