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- ↑ Pacheco, Josephine F. (1983). The Legacy of George Mason. Associated University Presses. p. 83. ISBN 0-913969-00-1.
- ↑ "Former Virginia Justice, Commonwealth's Attorney dies in Covington". Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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