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- ↑ "Partial List of Early English Newspapers and Magazines in Pattee". Personal.psu.edu. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ William S Ward Index and Finding List of Serials Published in the British Isles, 1789—1832 University Press of Kentucky, 13 Jan 2015 p53
- ↑ . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ↑ Upcott, William (1816). "A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland ... - John Watkins, Frederic Shoberl, William Upcott - Google Books" . Retrieved 18 October 2012.
