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- ↑ Legislative manual - General Assembly of South Carolina pp 13–14
- ↑ Baskin, Fran, ed. (1962). Garnet and Black (PDF). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina. p. 216.
- ↑ Bull, Walter (1964). Garnet and Black (PDF). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina. p. 288.
- ↑ "Laments on the Demise of Tom Turnipseed". beck.library.emory.edu. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
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