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- ↑ "Judges of the Supreme Court of Virginia". Encyclopedia of Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Call, Daniel (1902). Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880. Michie Company. p. 626. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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