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- ↑ "The Bar at Work: Reforming the Judiciary" (PDF). Supreme Court of Virginia. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ↑ "Robert Alexander Richardson, January 1, 1883-December 31, 1894". Scvahistory.org. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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