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- ↑ Anderson, Luke (December 5, 2019). "Local Historian William Seale Dies at 80". Alexandria Times. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ↑ According to Seale himself in this 2008 C-SPAN interview at about the 19:45 mark, his father was an "independent oil operator" who "accumulated leases and did drilling."
- ↑ Anderson, Luke (December 5, 2019). "Local Historian William Seale Dies at 80". Alexandria Times. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ↑ "William Seale - In Memoriam 1939–2019". WHHA (en-US).
- ↑ http://www.movingmonument.org/seale.html A Moving Monument
- ↑ http://www.senate.michigan.gov/Virtualtour/from%20chamber%20to%20chicken%20coop.htm Original Senate carpet scrap found in chicken coop
- ↑ http://www.tenchimneys.org/guest-book/ Ten Chimneys Who's Who
- ↑ Quigley, Kathleen (1990-03-18). "Splendor Restored At Eastman House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ↑ "Community Deaths: William Seale". The Washington Post. January 18, 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ↑ "William Seale - In Memoriam 1939–2019". White House Historical Association.
