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- ↑ The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion. AMS Press. 1842.
- ↑ Tuckerman, Henry T.; Hale, Nathan (1842–1843). "The Boston miscellany of literature and fashion": 3 v – via Hathi Trust.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Richards, Irving T. (1933). The Life and Works of John Neal (PhD). Harvard University. pp. 1021–1022. OCLC 7588473.
- Frank Luther Mott (1930). A History of American Magazines, 1741–1850 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press) pp. 100–103.
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