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- ↑ "A History of the Pocahontas Bell". National Bell Festival. 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ American Monthly Magazine, by Daughters of the American Revolution, 1905
- ↑ Charleston Gazette, "Woman Historian, Civic Leader, Dies", October 28, 1937
- ↑ Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Pokahuntas Bell for Exposition", April 13, 1907
- ↑ "Every Piece of Metal that Went into Making the Pocahontas Bell". National Bell Festival. 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, "Pokahuntas Bell, May 6, 1907
- 1 2 Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Pokahuntas Bell: Pleasant Presentation at Fort Boon on Exposition Grounds", June 16, 1907
- ↑ Washington Herald, "In Memory of Pocahontas, June 23, 1907
