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Notes
- ↑ Nodal based the section on Notes and Queries , to which he contributed regularly. [3]
Citations
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- ↑ Boase, G. C.; rev. Potier, Joanne (2004), "Hadfield, Charles (1821–1884)" , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11853 , retrieved 28 March 2013(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- ↑ "Papers of John Cuming Walters relating to Shakespeare". Folger Shakespeare Library Collections. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024.
- ↑ "Rising Price of Paper" , The Cornishman , p. 4, 10 March 1920, retrieved 24 March 2013– via The British Newspaper Archive
- ↑ Manchester city news, ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers, retrieved 26 March 2013
- ↑ British Library catalogue, British Library, retrieved 26 March 2013