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Kimball, Stanley B. “The Anthon Transcript: People, Primary Sources and Problems,” Brigham Young University Studies, X (Spring, 1970), 325–352.

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Stilwell, Lewis D. Migration From Vermont. Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Historical Society, 1948.

Stocker, Rhamanthus M. Centennial History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: R. T. Peck & Co., 1887.

Stowell, William Henry Harrison. Stowell Genealogy. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1922.

Thayre, Ezra. “Testimony of Brother E. Thayre,” Saints’ Herald [Plano], October, 1862, 79–84.

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Turner, O. [Orsamus], History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham’s Purchase, and Morris’ Reserve. Rochester: William Aling, 1851.

Vineyard, Mrs. John (comp.). The Marriage Records of Jackson County, Missouri. n.p.: Mrs. John Vineyard, 1967.

Waterman, Thomas G. The Justice’s Manual; or, A Summary of the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace in the State of New York. Albany: Websters and Skinner, 1829.

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[Welch, Ernest L.] (comp.). “Grip’s” Historical Souvenir of Seneca Falls. Syracuse: [Ernest L. Welch], 1904.

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Whitmer, David. An Address to All Believers in Christ. Richmond: n.n., 1887.

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B. Newspapers and Periodicals

Broome Republican [Binghamton, New York], 1830–1834.

Chenango Union [Norwich, New York], 1877.

Christian Advocate and Journal [New York City, New York], 1859.

Deseret News [Salt Lake City, Utah].

Elders’ Journal [Far West, Missouri], July 1838.

Evening and Morning Star [Independence, Mo., and Kirtland, Ohio].

Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, Iowa], 1850–1851.

Improvement Era (Salt Lake City, Utah).

Kansas City Daily Journal, June 5, 1881.

Latter Day Saints’ Messenger and Advocate [Kirtland, Ohio], 1834–1836.

Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star [Liverpool].

Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer [New York].

Oneonta Herald [Oneonta, New York], January 18, 1900.

Ontario Phoenix [Canandaigua, New York], May, 1831.

Reflector [Palmyra], 1829–1831.

Saints’ Herald [Plano, Illinois], 1879–1880.

Salt Lake Daily Tribune.

Seneca Farmer and Waterloo Advertiser [Waterloo], 1825.

Susquehanna Register [Montrose, Pennsylvania], May 1, 1834.

Syracuse Herald-Journal.

Telegraph [Painesville, Ohio], 1831.

Times and Seasons [Nauvoo, Illinois], 1839–1846.

Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, 1935–1936.

Waterloo Observer.

Wayne Sentinel [Palmyra, New York], 1824–1830.

C. Secondary Works

Adams, John Quincy Dr. and Dr. Robert S. Breed. Historic Geneva. Geneva: Historical Society, 1921.

“About Days of Long Ago,” Palmyra Courier, n.d.

“Afton’s Part Interesting in Founding of Mormonism,” February 20, 1933, newspaper clipping in F. W. Putnam Papers, Vol. 8, p. 44 MSS in Binghamton Free Library, Binghamton, New York.

Aldrich, Lewis C. History of Ontario County, New York. Syracuse: D. Mason, 1893.

Allen, James B. “Eight Contemporary Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision—What Do We Learn From Them?” The Improvement Era, LXXIII (April, 1970).

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Andrus, Dr. Hyrum L. Brigham Young University. Personal interview, March 15, 1971.

Angle, Edward. Director of the Hill Cumorah Bureau of Information, Personal interview, April 16, 1970.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Confirming Records of Moroni’s Coming,” The Improvement Era, LXXIII (September, 1970), 4–8.

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______. “The Reliability of the Early History of Lucy and Joseph Smith.” Dialogue, IV (Summer, 1969).

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Becker, John E. A History of Freemasonry in Waterloo, New York. Waterloo: Waterloo Observer, 1942.

Blazey, Byron C. Ontario County Clerk, Canandaigua, New York. Personal Interview, August 7, 1969.

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

Brigham, A. DeLancey. Brigham’s Geneva, Seneca Falls and Waterloo Directory and Business Advertiser: For 1862 and 1863. Geneva, N.Y.: Steam Power Press of the Geneva Gazette, 1862.

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Christensen, Horace H. Second counselor in the Susquehanna Stake Presidency. Personal interview, August 11, 1968.

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Clark E. Davis. Personal interview, March 31, 1970.

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Downs, Rev. Charles A. History of Lebanon, N.H., 1761–1887. Concord, N.H.: Rumford Printing Co., 1908.

Eldredge, Mary Louise (comp.). Pioneers of Macedon and Other Papers of the Macedon Center Historical Society. Macedon Center: Historical and Genealogical Society of Macedon Center, 1912.

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