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Surriage Frankland:
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Charbo, Eileen M. (1971). "Agnes Surriage, Dear Enemy".
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Marblehead's Pygmalion: Finding the Real Agnes Surriage
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Malcolm Freiberg (1971). "FRANKLAND, Agnes Surriage".
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