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- ↑ Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names, Iseabail MacLeod and Terry Freedman, Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995, p. 208
- ↑ Karsten, Peter (1978) Patriot heroes in England and America: Political symbolism and changing values over three centuries University of Wisconsin Press, Madison ISBN 0-299-07500-1
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