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- ↑ Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. p. 35.
- ↑ Riley, Patrick William Joseph (1978). The union of England and Scotland: a study in Anglo-Scottish politics of the eighteenth century. Manchester University Press ND. p. 143. ISBN 9780719007279.
- ↑ Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. p. 35.
- ↑ Riley, Patrick William Joseph (1978). The union of England and Scotland: a study in Anglo-Scottish politics of the eighteenth century. Manchester University Press ND. p. 143. ISBN 9780719007279.
- ↑ Whatley, Christopher (2006). The Scots and the Union. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 388–89.
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