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- ↑ The petition is dated 26 March 1718, is signed by nine presbyterian ministers and 208 members of their parishes, who declare their 'sincere and hearty inclination to transport ourselves to that very excellent and renowned Plantation, upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable encouragement.' Thomas Witherow reprints the document, with the signatures in full, from Edward Lutwyche Parker's History of Londonderry, New Hampshire, Boston, 1851.
- . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Boyd, William (d.1772)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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