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- ↑ "Plowden Weston's Plantation Journal". lcdl.library.cofc.edu. College of Charleston. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- 1 2 "Plowden Charles Jennett Weston, Lt. Gov. South Carolina". www.geni.com.
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