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Orphaned references in Cresap's War

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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Cresap's War's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "hubbard":

From Maryland: Hubbard, Bill, Jr. (2009). American Boundaries: the Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey. University of Chicago Press. pp. 21–23. ISBN 978-0-226-35591-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Mason–Dixon Line: Hubbard, Bill, Jr. (2009). American Boundaries: the Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey. University of Chicago Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-0-226-35591-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 17:01, 4 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ref [12] is cited as the source of Cresap's alleged quote calling Philadelphia "one of the prettiest towns in Maryland". The quote is in that reference, but on pg. 67, not on pgs. 602-604. See: <a href="https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou00ingibs/page/n79"/> https://archive.org/details/historyofyorkcou00ingibs/page/n79 </a>.

I'm not good at editing Wikipedia pages, but will try to add this reference later, though anyone else is welcome to do so. The full quote: "[Note. George Aston, of the county of Chester, in the province of Pennsylvania, saddler, aged about fifty years, being one of the people called Quakers, upon his solemn affirmation, according to law, did declare and affirm that, upon some conversation happening between Thomas Cressap, Robert Buchanan, and this affirmant on the road, in sight of the city of Philadelphia, upon bringing the said Cressap down from the county of Lancaster, the said Cressap said, " Damn it, Aston, this is one of the prettiest towns in Maryland. I have been a troublesome fellow, but by this last job I have made a present of the two provinces to the King, and that if they found themselves in a better condition by the change, they might thank Cressap for it," or words to that effect. f Philadelphta, December 3, 1736, taken before me. Clem Plurasted, Mayor."Banchang (talk) 11:55, 17 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

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