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- ↑ New Salem Pottery (n.d.). "New Salem Pottery History and Location". William Dennis Pottery Kiln and House Site. New Salem Pottery. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- "The Quaker Ceramic Tradition in the NC Piedmont: Documentation and Preliminary Survey of the Dennis Family Pottery", The Southern Friend: Journal of the Friends Historical Society, (1988)
