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Sources consulted for the biography of:Richard Gault Leslie Paige (1846–1904)
Biographical Information
- Birth date and death date of September 21, 1904, on gravestone, Mount Olive Cemetery, Norfolk.
- William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, Etc.… (1872), esp. 565.
- Incomplete biography in Richmond Daily Dispatch, August 20, 1875.
- Incomplete biography in Norfolk Journal and Guide, February 20, 1932 (first and second quotations).
- Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 32–33, portrait on 27.
- Marriage in Boston Post, 8 December 1868.
- Admission to the bar in City of Chesapeake (Norfolk County) Minute Book, 40:243.
- Norfolk Co. Circuit Court Will Book, 9:333–334.
- Third quotation in Lillie A. Paige's death certificate No. 9363 (1913), Norfolk City, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Political Career
- Paige's election to the House of Delegates in 1871 (Election Record No. 4), 1873 (Election Record No. 2), 1879 (Election Record No. 14), 1881 (Election Record No. 17), all in Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, Accession 26041, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Washington, D.C. New National Era and Citizen, 7 August 1873.
- Richmond State, January 21, 1880.
- Interview in Richmond Southern Intelligencer, February 23, 1880.
- Letter to editor, July 26, 1884, in Petersburg Lancet, August 9, 1884.
Obituaries
- Norfolk Landmark, September 23, 1904 (with death date of September 22, 1904).
- Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, September 24, 1904 (with death date of September 22, 1904).
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