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- ↑ "The Elections" . Preston Chronicle. 7 August 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 15 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ↑ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 175. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ↑ "The General Election" . Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 31 July 1847. pp. 2–3, 6–7. Retrieved 15 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Domestic Intelligence" . Fife Herald. 27 July 1837. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 15 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Lancaster Election" . The Scotsman. 16 April 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
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