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- 1 2 3 4 State Historical Society of Missouri: Madison County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_madison.html
- 1 2 3 4 Walter A. Schroeder (2002). Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri's Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830. ISBN 9780826263063.
- ↑ Historic Source Survey Phase 1 City of Fredericktown, Missouri http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/survey/MOAS001-R.pdf
- ↑ A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Madison County, Missouri http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/madisonpl.html
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