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• "Hopkinson, Francis." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
• Crews, Ed. "The Truth About Betsy Ross." Colonial Williamsburg Journal. Summer 2008.
  http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Summer08/betsy.cfm
• Leepson, Marc. Nelson DeMille. "Flag: An American Biography." Macmillan, 2006. (April 27, 2009)
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• The Betsy Ross House. "The Flag." The Betsy Ross House. (April 27, 2009)
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