BYL

Brigham Young Letterbook, 6:33–36. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BYP

Brigham Young Papers: 1832–78. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

CHC

Roberts, B. H. A Comprehensive History of the Church.

DBY

Young, Brigham. Discourses of Brigham Young. Selected by John A. Widtsoe. 1941.

DEN

Deseret Evening News.

DN

Deseret News.

DNSW

Deseret News: Semi-Weekly.

DNW

Deseret News (Weekly).

HC

History of the Church.

HRF

“A History of Ralph Frost, Great Grandson of Elisha and Lucy Groves.” Special Collections. Brigham Young University.

JD

Journal of Discourses.

JH

Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 23 Feb. 1847. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

JSB

Brown, James S. Life of a Pioneer, Being the Autobiography of James S. Brown. 1900. 121–22.

JTB

Journal of Thomas Bullock, 29–30 June, 2 July 1848. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

LBY

Young, Brigham. Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons. Edited by Dean C. Jessee. 1974.

LL

Creel, George. “The Lion of the Lord.” Collier’s, 4 Sept. 1926. 11–12, 36.

LSBY

Gates, Susa Young, with Leah D. Widtsoe. The Life Story of Brigham Young. 1930.

MAAY

Letter from Brigham Young to Mary Ann Angell Young, 20 Apr. 1847. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Spelling modernized.

MFP

Clark, James R, comp. Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 6 vols. 1965–75.

MHBY-1

Young, Brigham. Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801–1844. Compiled by Elden Jay Watson. 1968.

MHBY-2

Young, Brigham. Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1846–1847. Compiled by Elden Jay Watson. 1971.

MS

Millennial Star.

MSS

Millennial Star (Supplement).

WWJ

Wilford Woodruff’s Journal. Edited by Scott G. Kenney. 1983. Vol. 3, 25 July 1847. Spelling and punctuation modernized.