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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wike, Sudie Doggett (2018). Women in the American Revolution. McFarland. p. 41. ISBN 9781476630878 . Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ↑ Fischer, David Hackett (1995). Paul Revere's Ride . Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780199779659 . Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ↑ Frank, Lisa Tendrich (2013). An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields. ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 9781598844436 . Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shattuck, Mary L. P. (1899). Prudence Wright and the Women who Guarded the Bridge. Wheeler Print.