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Sources consulted for the biography of:Francis Fauquier (bap. 1703–1768)
Primary Sources
- George Reese, ed., The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768 (1980–1983), with biography in 1:xxxv–xlviii
- appointment as lieutenant governor in Public Record Office, Colonial Office Papers, 324/51, 115–116, National Archives, Kew, England (available on Virginia Colonial Records Project microfilm, Library of Virginia)
- first record in Virginia in Henry R. McIlwaine, Wilmer L. Hall, and Benjamin J. Hillman, eds., Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia (1925–1966), 6:100
- will, estate inventory, and accounts in York Co. Wills and Inventories, Book 21:396–404 (quotation on 397), Book 22:83–103, Library of Virginia
Secondary Sources
- G. Woods Wollaston, "The Family of Fauquier," Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London 13 (1927): 340–348
- Nellie Norkus, "Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768: A Study in Colonial Problems" (Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1954)
- George Reese, "Portraits of Governor Francis Fauquier," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 76 (1968): 3–10
Obituaries and funeral accounts
- Williamsburg Virginia Gazette (Purdie and Dixon), March 3, 1768; March 10, 1768
- Williamsburg Virginia Gazette (Rind), March 3, 1768; March 10, 1768
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