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“Sources Cited,” Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 (2018)

“Sources Cited,” Saints, Volume 1

Sources Cited

This list serves as a comprehensive guide to all sources cited in the first volume of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. In entries for manuscript sources, dates identify when the manuscript was created, which is not necessarily the time period the manuscript covers. Volumes of The Joseph Smith Papers are listed under “JSP.” Many sources are available digitally, and links are found in the electronic version of the book, available at saints.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in Gospel Library.

The following abbreviations are used in this list of sources cited:

  • BYU: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

  • CHL: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City

  • FHL: Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City

Abbott Family Collection, 1831–2000. CHL.

Adams, Dale W. “Grandison Newell’s Obsession.” Journal of Mormon History 30, no. 1 (2004): 159–88.

Albany Evening Journal. Albany, NY. 1830–63.

Alexander, Thomas G. Things in Heaven and Earth: The Life and Times of Wilford Woodruff, a Mormon Prophet. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1991.

Allen, James B., Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker. Men with a Mission, 1837–1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

Allen, James B., and Malcom R. Thorp. “The Mission of the Twelve to England, 1840–41: Mormon Apostles and the Working Class.” BYU Studies 14, no. 4 (Summer 1975): 499–526.

Allen, Lucy M. Autobiographical Sketch, no date. CHL.

Alton Telegraph and Democratic Review. Alton, IL. 1836–55.

Amboy Journal. Amboy, IL. 1870–1913.

Ames, Ira. Autobiography and Journal, 1858. CHL.

Anderson, Karl Ricks. Joseph Smith’s Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Jackson County in Early Mormon Descriptions.” Missouri Historical Review 65, no. 3 (Apr. 1971): 270–93.

———. Joseph Smith’s New England Heritage: Influences of Grandfathers Solomon Mack and Asael Smith. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2003.

Arnold, Isaac N. Reminiscences of the Illinois Bar Forty Years Ago: Lincoln and Douglas as Orators and Lawyers. Chicago: Fergus Printing, 1881.

Arrington, Leonard J. “James Gordon Bennett’s 1831 Report on ‘The Mormonites.’BYU Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 353–64.

Ashurst-McGee, Mark. “The Josiah Stowell Jr.–John S. Fullmer Correspondence.” BYU Studies 38, no. 3 (1999): 108–17.

Backman, Milton V., Jr. The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830–1838. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.

Baldwin, Nathan Bennett. Account of Zion’s Camp, 1882. Typescript. CHL.

Ball, Isaac Birkenhead. “The Prophet’s Sister Testifies She Lifted the B. of M. Plates,” Aug. 31, 1954. CHL.

Bartlett, W. H. Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem. London: Hall, Virtue, 1840.

Baugh, Alexander L. A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri. Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History. Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2000.

———, ed. Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.

———. “‘I’ll Never Forsake’: Amanda Barnes Smith (1809–1886).” In Women of Faith in the Latter Days. Vol. 1, 1775–1820, edited by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman, 450–60. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. “Joseph Smith in Northern Missouri.” In Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer, edited by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson, 291–346. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010.

———. “Joseph Smith’s Athletic Nature.” In Joseph Smith: The Prophet, The Man, edited by Susan Easton Black and Charles D. Tate Jr., 137–50. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993.

———. “Joseph Young’s Affidavit of the Massacre at Haun’s Mill.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 188–202.

———. “Kirtland Camp, 1838: Bringing the Poor to Missouri.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 22, no. 1 (2013): 58–61.

———. “Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs and the Mormons.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 18 (1998): 111–32.

———. “A Rare Account of the Haun’s Mill Massacre: The Reminiscence of Willard Gilbert Smith.” Mormon Historical Studies 8, nos. 1 and 2 (2007): 165–71.

———. “‘We Took Our Change of Venue to the State of Illinois’: The Gallatin Hearing and the Escape of Joseph Smith and the Mormon Prisoners from Missouri, April 1839.” Mormon Historical Studies 2, no. 1 (2001): 59–82.

Baugh, Alexander L., and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel. “‘I Roll the Burthen and Responsibility of Leading This Church off from My Shoulders on to Yours’: The 1844/1845 Declaration of the Quorum of the Twelve regarding Apostolic Succession.” BYU Studies 49, no. 3 (2010): 5–19.

Benjamin Brown Family Collection, 1835–1983. CHL.

Bennett, Richard E. “‘Quincy—the Home of Our Adoption’: A Study of the Mormons in Quincy, Illinois, 1838–40.” Mormon Historical Studies 2, no. 1 (2001): 103–18.

———. “‘Read This I Pray Thee’: Martin Harris and the Three Wise Men of the East.” Journal of Mormon History 36 (Winter 2010): 178–216.

Bible. See Holy Bible.

Biographical Review of Hancock County, Illinois, Containing Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of To-Day and Also of the Past. Chicago: Hobart, 1907.

Biography of Mary Ann Angell Young.” Juvenile Instructor 26, no. 2 (Jan. 15, 1891): 56–58.

Bitton, Davis. George Q. Cannon: A Biography. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999.

Black, Susan Easton, and Harvey Bischoff Black. Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840–1845, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 7 vols. Provo, UT: Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, 2002.

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books; with an Analysis of the Work. By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. In Two Volumes, from the Eighteenth London Edition. … 2 vols. New York: W. E. Dean, 1840.

Boggs, William M. “A Short Biographical Sketch of Lilburn W. Boggs, by His Son.” Missouri Historical Review 4, no. 2 (Jan. 1910): 106–10.

A Book of Commandments, for the Government of the Church of Christ, Organized according to Law, on the 6th of April, 1830. Zion [Independence], MO: W. W. Phelps, 1833.

The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. Palmyra, NY: E. B. Grandin, 1830.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2013.

Bowen, Walter D. “The Versatile W. W. Phelps—Mormon Writer, Educator and Pioneer.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1958.

Bradley, Don. “Mormon Polygamy before Nauvoo? The Relationship of Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger.” In Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy, edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Craig L. Foster, 14–58. Independence, MO: John Whitmer Books, 2010.

Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

Bradshaw, M. Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Performance of Marriages in Ohio.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 23–69.

Bray, Justin R. “Within the Walls of Liberty Jail: D&C 121, 122, 123.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 256–63. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Breen, Patrick H. The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Brekus, Catherine A. Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740–1845. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998.

Briggs, Edmund C. “A Visit to Nauvoo in 1856.” Journal of History 9, no. 4 (Oct. 1916): 446–62.

Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–78. CHL.

Britton, John. Bath and Bristol, with the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester, Displayed in a Series of Views; including the Modern Improvements, Picturesque Scenery, Antiques, &c. London: Jones and Company, 1829.

Britton, Rollin J. Early Days on Grand River and the Mormon War. Columbia: State Historical Society of Missouri, 1920.

Brunson, Lewis. “Short Sketch of Seymour Brunson, Sr.” Nauvoo Journal 4 (1992): 3–4.

Burbank, Daniel M. Autobiography, 1863. CHL.

Burgess, James. Journal, 1841–48. CHL.

Burnett, Peter H. An Old California Pioneer. Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1946.

———. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York: D. Appleton, 1880.

Burton, Richard F. The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862.

Bushman, Richard Lyman. “Joseph Smith as Translator.” In Believing History: Latter-day Saint Essays, edited by Reid L. Neilson and Jed Woodworth, 233–47. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

———. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. With the assistance of Jed Woodworth. New York: Knopf, 2005.

———. “Oliver’s Joseph.” In Days Never to Be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery, edited by Alexander L. Baugh, 1–13. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.

———. The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities. New York: Knopf, 1992.

———. “The Visionary World of Joseph Smith.” BYU Studies 37, no. 1 (1997–98): 183–204.

Butler, John L. “A Short Account of an Affray That Took Place between the Latter Day Saints and a Portion of the People of Davis County Mo,” 1859. CHL.

———. “A Short History,” Autobiography, circa 1859. CHL.

Cahoon, Reynolds. Diaries, 1831–32. CHL.

Call, Anson. Autobiography and Journal, circa 1856–89. CHL.

Cannon, Brian Q., and BYU Studies Staff. “Priesthood Restoration Documents.” BYU Studies 35, no. 4 (1995–96): 163–207.

Cannon, Eugene M. “Tahiti and the Society Island Mission.” Juvenile Instructor 32, no. 11 (June 1, 1897): 334–36.

Carruth, LaJean Purcell, and Mark Lyman Staker. “John Taylor’s June 27, 1854, Account of the Martyrdom,” BYU Studies 50, no. 3 (2011): 25–62.

Chamberlin, Solomon. Autobiography, circa 1858. CHL.

Chardon Spectator and Geauga Gazette. Chardon, OH. 1833–35.

Chenango Union. Norwich, NY. 1847–1975.

Chicago Tribune. Chicago. 1847–.

Christensen, Edith Rushton. “Edwin Rushton: Bridge Builder and Faithful Pioneer.” Salt Lake City: N.p., 1941.

The Church Historian’s Press. Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://churchhistorianspress.org.

Church History Department Pitman Shorthand Transcriptions, 2013–17. CHL.

Clayton, William. History of the Nauvoo Temple, circa 1845. CHL.

———. Journals, 1842–45. CHL.

———. Letter to Madison M. Scott, Nov. 11, 1871. Copy. CHL.

Cleveland Daily Gazette. Cleveland. 1836–37.

Cleveland Weekly Gazette. Cleveland. 1837.

Collected Material concerning Joseph Smith and Plural Marriage, circa 1870–1912. CHL.

Collection of Manuscripts about Mormons, 1832–1954. Chicago History Museum.

A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Edited by Emma Smith. Kirtland, OH: F. G. Williams, 1835.

A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Europe. Selected by Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt, and John Taylor. Manchester, England: W. R. Thomas, 1840.

Coltrin, Zebedee. Diaries and Notebook, 1832–34. CHL.

Cook, Lyndon W., ed. David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness. Orem, UT: Grandin Book, 1991.

———. “‘I Have Sinned against Heaven, and Am Unworthy of Your Confidence, but I Cannot Live without a Reconciliation’: Thomas B. Marsh Returns to the Church.” BYU Studies 20, no. 4 (Summer 1980): 389–400.

———. William Law: Biographical Essay, Nauvoo Diary, Correspondence, Interview. Orem, UT: Grandin Book, 1994.

Cook, Thomas L. Palmyra and Vicinity. Palmyra, NY: Palmyra Courier-Journal, 1930.

Cooper, F. M. “Spiritual Reminiscences.—No. 2.” Autumn Leaves 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1891): 17–20.

Coray, Martha Jane Knowlton. Notebook, circa 1850. CHL.

Corrill, John. A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Commonly Called Mormons;) Including an Account of Their Doctrine and Discipline; with the Reasons of the Author for Leaving the Church. St. Louis: By the author, 1839.

Cowan, Richard O. Temple Building: Ancient and Modern. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1971.

Cowdery, Oliver. Diary, Jan.–Mar. 1836. CHL. Also available as Leonard J. Arrington, “Oliver Cowdery’s Kirtland, Ohio, ‘Sketch Book,’BYU Studies 12, no. 4 (Summer 1972): 410–26.

———. Letterbook, 1833–38. Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

———. Letter to Phineas Young, Mar. 23, 1846. CHL.

Crawley, Peter, and Richard L. Anderson. “The Political and Social Realities of Zion’s Camp.” BYU Studies 14 (Summer 1974): 406–20.

Crocheron, Augusta Joyce. Representative Women of Deseret, a Book of Biographical Sketches, to Accompany the Picture Bearing the Same Title. Salt Lake City: J. C. Graham, 1884.

Crosby, Caroline Barnes. Reminiscences, no date. In Jonathan and Caroline B. Crosby Papers, circa 1871–75. Copy at CHL.

Crosby, Jonathan. Autobiography, 1850–52. In Jonathan and Caroline B. Crosby Papers, circa 1871–75. Copy at CHL.

Cummings, Horace. “Conspiracy of Nauvoo.” Contributor, Apr. 1884, 251–60.

Daily Missouri Republican. St. Louis. 1822–1919.

Daniels, William M. Correct Account of the Murder of Generals Joseph and Hyrum Smith, at Carthage. On the 27th Day of June, 1844. Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, 1845.

Darowski, Joseph F. “The Journey of the Colesville Branch: D&C 26, 51, 54, 56, 59.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 40–44. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Darowski, Kay. “Joseph Smith’s Support at Home: D&C 4, 11, 23.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 10–14. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2011.

Davis, Matthew L. Letter to Mrs. Matthew [Mary] L. Davis, Feb. 6, 1840. CHL.

Dennis, Ronald D. “Dan Jones, Welshman.” Ensign, Apr. 1987, 50–56.

———. “The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith and His Brother Hyrum.” BYU Studies 24, no. 1 (Winter 1984): 78–109.

Derr, Jill Mulvay, Janath Russell Cannon, and Maureen Ursenbach Beecher. Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1992.

Derr, Jill Mulvay, Carol Cornwall Madsen, Kate Holbrook, and Matthew J. Grow, eds. The First Fifty Years of Relief Society: Key Documents in Latter-day Saint Women’s History. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2016.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.

“Diary of Joseph Fielding.” 1963. Typescript. CHL.

Dibble, Philo. “Philo Dibble’s Narrative.” In Early Scenes in Church History, Faith-Promoting Series 8, 74–96. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882.

———. “Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith.” Juvenile Instructor 27, no. 10 (May 15, 1892): 302–4.

———. Reminiscences, no date. Typescript. CHL.

Dickinson, Ellen E. New Light on Mormonism. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1885.

Dictionary of Missouri Biography. Edited by Lawrence O. Christensen, William E. Foley, Gary R. Kremer, and Kenneth H. Winn. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1999.

The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Containing Revelations Given to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, with Some Additions by His Successors in the Presidency of the Church. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2013.

Document Containing the Correspondence, Orders, &c., in Relation to the Disturbances with the Mormons; and the Evidence Given before the Hon. Austin A. King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, at the Court-House in Richmond, in a Criminal Court of Inquiry, Begun November 12, 1838, on the Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr., and Others, for High Treason and Other Crimes against the State. Fayette, MO: Boon’s Lick Democrat, 1841.

Dunn, Lura S., comp. Amanda’s Journal. Provo, UT: Lura S. Dunn, [1977?].

Durham, G. Homer, ed. The Gospel Kingdom: Selections from the Writings and Discourses of John Taylor. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1943.

Durham, Reed C., Jr. “The Election Day Battle at Gallatin.” BYU Studies 13, no. 1 (1973): 36–61.

Ehat, Andrew F. “Joseph Smith’s Introduction of Temple Ordinances and the 1833 Mormon Succession Question.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1981.

Ellsworth, S. George, ed. The History of Louisa Barnes Pratt, Being the Autobiography of a Mormon Missionary Widow and Pioneer. … Life Writings of Frontier Women 3. Logan: Utah State University Press, 1998.

———, ed. The Journals of Addison Pratt, Being a Narrative of Yankee Whaling in the Eighteen Twenties, a Mormon Mission to the Society Islands. … Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990.

“Elder John Brush.” Autumn Leaves 4, no. 1 (Jan. 1891): 21–24.

Elders’ Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Kirtland, OH, Oct.–Nov. 1837; Far West, MO, JulyAug. 1838.

Emma Smith Blessing, 1844. CHL.

Erie Gazette. Erie, PA. 1820–59.

Esplin, Ronald K. “The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841.” PhD diss., Brigham Young University, 1981. Also available as The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841, Dissertations in Latter-day Saint History (Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; BYU Studies, 2006).

———. “Joseph Smith’s Mission and Timetable: ‘God Will Protect Me until My Work Is Done.’” In The Prophet Joseph: Essays on the Life and Mission of Joseph Smith, edited by Larry C. Porter and Susan Easton Black, 280–319. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.

Evening and Morning Star. Edited reprint of The Evening and the Morning Star. Kirtland, OH. Jan. 1835–Oct. 1836.

The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, MO, July 1832–July 1833; Kirtland, OH, Dec. 1833–Sept. 1834.

Far West Committee. Minutes, Jan.–Apr. 1839. CHL.

Faulring, Scott H., Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith’s New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004.

Fielding, Joseph. Journals, 1837–59. CHL.

Flanders, Robert Bruce. Nauvoo: Kingdom on the Mississippi. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1956.

Foote, Warren. Autobiography and Journal, 1837–79. Warren Foote Papers, 1837–1941. CHL.

Ford, Thomas. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847. Containing a Full Account of the Black Hawk War, the Rise, Progress, and Fall of Mormonism, the Alton and Lovejoy Riots, and Other Important and Interesting Events. Chicago: S. C. Griggs; New York: Ivison and Phinney, 1854.

Foster, Craig L. Penny Tracts and Polemics: A Critical Analysis of Anti-Mormon Pamphleteering in Great Britain (1837–1860). Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2002.

Freidel, Frank, with Hugh S. Sidney. The Presidents of the United States of America. 15th ed. Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1999.

Garr, Arnold K. “Latter-day Saints in Tubuai, French Polynesia, Yesterday and Today.” In Regional Studies in Latterday Saint Church History: The Pacific Isles, edited by Reid L. Neilson, Steven C. Harper, Craig K. Manscill, and Mary Jane Woodger, 1–21. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008.

Gates, Susa Young. History of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from November 1869 to June 1910. Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911.

———. [Homespun, pseud.]. Lydia Knight’s History. Noble Women’s Lives Series 1. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

———. Papers, 1852–1932. Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City.

Geauga County Archives and Records Center, Chardon, OH.

Gentry, Leland Homer, and Todd M. Compton. Fire and Sword: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri, 1836–39. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2010.

Gilbert, John H. Memorandum, Sept. 8, 1892. Photocopy. CHL.

———. Statement, Oct. 23, 1887. CHL.

Givens, George W. In Old Nauvoo: Everyday Life in the City of Joseph. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1990.

Givens, Terryl L., and Matthew J. Grow. Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Godfrey, Kenneth W. “Joseph Smith and the Masons.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 64, no. 1 (Spring 1971): 79–90.

Godfrey, Matthew C. “Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm: D&C 70, 78, 82, 92, 96, 104.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 142–47. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

———. “William McLellin’s Five Questions: D&C 1, 65, 66, 67, 68, 133.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 137–41. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Gordon, Joseph. “The Public Career of Lilburn W. Boggs.” Master’s thesis, University of Missouri, 1949.

“Gospel Topics.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://ChurchofJesusChrist.org/topics.

Greene, John P. Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri, under the “Exterminating Order.” Cincinnati: R. P. Brooks, 1839.

Gregg, Sarah D. Letter to Thomas Gregg, June 14, 1844. Copy. Illinois State Historical Society Papers, 1840–45. CHL.

Gregg, Thomas. History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an Outline History of the State, and a Digest of State Laws. Chicago: Charles C. Chapman, 1880.

Gregory, Thomas J. “Sidney Rigdon: Post Nauvoo.” BYU Studies 21, no. 1 (Winter 1981): 51–67.

Grua, David W. “Joseph Smith and the 1834 D. P. Hurlbut Case.” BYU Studies 44, no. 1 (2005): 33–54.

———. “Waiting for the Word of the Lord: D&C 97, 98, 101.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 196–201. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Grow, Matthew J. “‘Thou Art an Elect Lady’: D&C 24, 25, 26, 27.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 33–39. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Hales, Brian C. Joseph Smith’s Polygamy. 3 vols. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013.

Hales, Kenneth Glyn, ed. Windows: A Mormon Family. Tucson, AZ: Skyline Printing, 1985.

Hall, Mary A. Newell. Thomas Newell, Who Settled in Farmington, Conn., A.D. 1632. And His Descendants. Southington, CT: Cochrane Brothers, 1878.

Hamilton, C. Mark. Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Hamilton, Marshall. “Thomas Sharp’s Turning Point: Birth of an Anti-Mormon.” Sunstone 13, no. 5 (Oct. 1989): 16–22.

Hancock, Levi. Autobiography, circa 1854. CHL.

Harper, Steven C. “Freemasonry and the Latter-day Saint Temple Endowment Ceremony.” In A Reason for Faith, edited by Laura Harris Hales, 143–57. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016.

———. “The Law: D&C 42.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 93–98. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

———. “‘A Pentecost and Endowment Indeed’: Six Eyewitness Accounts of the Kirtland Temple Experience.” In Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, edited by John W. Welch, 327–71. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2005.

———. Setting the Record Straight: The Word of Wisdom. Orem, UT: Millennial Press, 2007.

———. “‘The Tithing of My People’: D&C 119, 120.” In Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants, edited by Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, 250–55. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Hartley, William G. “‘Almost Too Intolerable a Burthen’: The Winter Exodus from Missouri, 1838–39.” Journal of Mormon History 18, no. 2 (1992): 6–40.

———. My Best for the Kingdom: History and Autobiography of John Lowe Butler, a Mormon Frontiersman. Salt Lake City: Aspen Books, 1993.

———. “Newel and Lydia Bailey Knight’s Kirtland Love Story and Historic Wedding.” BYU Studies 39, no. 4 (2000): 7–22.

———. “The Saints’ Forced Exodus from Missouri.” In Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer, edited by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson, 347–90. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2010.

Haven, Charlotte. “A Girl’s Letters from Nauvoo.” Overland Monthly 16, no. 96 (Dec. 1890): 616–38.

Hayden, Amos Sutton. Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve, Ohio; with Biographical Sketches of the Principal Agents in Their Religious Movement. Cincinnati: Chase and Hall, 1875.

Hendricks, Drusilla D. Reminiscences, circa 1877. CHL.

Hicks, Michael. Mormonism and Music: A History. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Hill, Craig. “The Honey War.” Pioneer America 14, no. 2 (July 1982): 81–88.

Hinsdale, B. A. “Life and Character of Symonds Ryder.” In Amos S. Hayden, Early History of the Disciples in the Western Reserve, Ohio; with Biographical Sketches of the Principal Agents in Their Religious Movement, 245–57. Cincinnati: Chase and Hall, 1875.

Historian’s Office. Brigham Young History Drafts, 1856–58. CHL.

———. General Church Minutes, 1839–77. CHL.

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