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         BYL  | 
      
         Brigham Young Letterbook, 6:33–36. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  | 
    
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         BYP  | 
      
         Brigham Young Papers: 1832–78. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  | 
    
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         CHC  | 
      
         Roberts, B. H. A Comprehensive History of the Church.  | 
    
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         DBY  | 
      
         Young, Brigham. Discourses of Brigham Young. Selected by John A. Widtsoe. 1941.  | 
    
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         DEN  | 
      
         Deseret Evening News.  | 
    
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         DN  | 
      
         Deseret News.  | 
    
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         DNSW  | 
      
         Deseret News: Semi-Weekly.  | 
    
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         DNW  | 
      
         Deseret News (Weekly).  | 
    
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         HC  | 
      
         History of the Church.  | 
    
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         HRF  | 
      
         “A History of Ralph Frost, Great Grandson of Elisha and Lucy Groves.” Special Collections. Brigham Young University.  | 
    
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         JD  | 
      
         Journal of Discourses.  | 
    
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         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.  | 
    
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         JSB  | 
      
         Brown, James S. Life of a Pioneer, Being the Autobiography of James S. Brown. 1900. 121–22.  | 
    
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         JTB  | 
      
         Journal of Thomas Bullock, 29–30 June, 2 July 1848. Historical Department Archives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  | 
    
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         LBY  | 
      
         Young, Brigham. Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons. Edited by Dean C. Jessee. 1974.  | 
    
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         LL  | 
      
         Creel, George. “The Lion of the Lord.” Collier’s, 4 Sept. 1926. 11–12, 36.  | 
    
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         LSBY  | 
      
         Gates, Susa Young, with Leah D. Widtsoe. The Life Story of Brigham Young. 1930.  | 
    
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         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.  | 
    
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         MFP  | 
      
         Clark, James R, comp. Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 6 vols. 1965–75.  | 
    
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         MHBY-1  | 
      
         Young, Brigham. Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1801–1844. Compiled by Elden Jay Watson. 1968.  | 
    
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         MHBY-2  | 
      
         Young, Brigham. Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1846–1847. Compiled by Elden Jay Watson. 1971.  | 
    
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         MS  | 
      
         Millennial Star.  | 
    
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         MSS  | 
      
         Millennial Star (Supplement).  | 
    
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         WWJ  | 
      
         Wilford Woodruff’s Journal. Edited by Scott G. Kenney. 1983. Vol. 3, 25 July 1847. Spelling and punctuation modernized.  |