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- ↑ "Gathering and Interactions of Peoples, Cultures, and Ideas Native Americans in Vermont: the Abenaki by Elise A. Guyette Flow of History c/o Southeast Vermont Community Learning Collaborative". flowofhistory.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ Bouton, Nathaniel; Hammond, Isaac Weare; Batchellor, Albert Stillman; Metcalf, Henry Harrison; Hammond, Otis Grant (28 March 1871). Provincial and State Papers. p. 320 – via Internet Archive.
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- ↑ HALL, HILDAN (28 March 1868). THE HISTORY OF VERMONT FROM THE DISCOVERY TO ITS ADMISSION INTO THE UNION IN 1791. p. 477 – via Internet Archive.
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- ↑ Vermont State Parks: Fort Dummer State Park Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Battle of Bennington". www.britishbattles.com.
- ↑ "Bennington Battle Monument". Vermont State Historic Sites. Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ↑ Wilbur, La Fayette (1902). Early History of Vermont. Roscoe Printing House. p. 198 – via Internet Archive.
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