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- ↑ Nelson Henderson Profile, Scrum.com
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18920125/011/0002
- ↑ "James Henderson and Sons", Graces Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2020
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