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- ↑ Farquhar, Roger Brooke (1952). Historic Montgomery County, Old Homes, and History. Baltimore, Maryland: Monumental Printing Company. p. 20.
- ↑ "Naming rights — and wrongs: Montgomery students reveal uncomfortable truths". The Washington Post. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
- ↑ Baptist, Edward E. (2016). The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism . Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465049660.
- 1 2 3 4 Papenfuse, Edward (1979). A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801890969.
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