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- ↑ Glasgow Post Office directory 1850
- ↑ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1870
- ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: On This Day: 18th of February". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ↑ History of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) 1873