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- ↑ "About Western Maryland Democrat". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ↑ Glass, Jr., Jesse (2004). Carroll County Newspaper Wars: Know-Nothings, Alms House Scandals and the Death of a Civil War Editor.