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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Robert Phillip". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites: - John Nalson, Collection of Affairs of State, II (London, 1682-3)
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- James Augustine Stothert
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