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List of abbreviations used in this bibliography:

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Allen, Arthur, to E. L. Kelly, October 4, 1904. In “Kirtland: Renting Out Temple, Lightning Rod, Hotel [1895–1917].” Presiding Bishopric Papers. RLDS Library-Archives.

Allen, James B., and Glen Leonard. The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1976.

Ames, Ira. Autobiography and Journal, 1858. Microfilm. LDS Church Archives.

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

Anderson, Paul L. “William Harrison Folsom: Pioneer Architect.” Utah Historical Quarterly 43 (summer 1975): 240–59.

Andrew, David S., and Laurel B. Blank. “The Four Mormon Temples in Utah.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 30 (1971): 51–65.

Andrew, Laurel B. The Early Temples of the Mormons. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1978.

Andrus, Milo. Autobiography, 1875. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Angell, Truman O. Autobiography, 1884. Microfilm. LDS Church Archives.

———. Diary, 1851–1868. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

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———. Journal, 1851–1856. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

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“Anniversary of the Church.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (April 1837): 486–89.

Arrington, Leonard J. Brigham Young: American Moses. New York: Knopf, 1985.

———. “The John Tanner Family.” Ensign 9 (March 1979): 46–51.

———. “Oliver Cowdery’s Kirtland, Ohio, ‘Sketch Book.’” BYU Studies 12 (summer 1972): 410–26.

“An Autobiographical Sketch of the Life of the Late Mary Ann Stearns Winters, Daughter of Mary Ann Stearns Pratt.” Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

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

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Barnes, Lorenzo. Journal. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

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Benjamin, Asher. The American Builder’s Companion; or, A New System of Architecture: Particularly Adapted to the Present Style of Building in the United States of America. Boston: Etheridge and Bliss, 1806.

———. The Country Builder’s Assistant. Greenfield, Mass.: Thomas Dickman, 1797.

———. The Practical House Carpenter. Boston: R. P. & C. Williams and Annin & Smith, 1830.

Bitton, Davis. “The Waning of Mormon Kirtland.” BYU Studies 12, no. 4 (1972): 455–64.

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Brown, Archie Leon, and Charlene L. Hathaway. 141 Years of Mormon Heritage: Rawsons, Browns, Angells—Pioneers. Edited by Charlene L. Hathaway. Oakland, Calif.: By the author, 1973.

Brown, Benjamin. Testimonies for the Truth. Liverpool, England: n.p., 1853.

Brown, Lisle G. “The Sacred Departments for Temple Work in Nauvoo: The Assembly Room and the Council Chamber.” BYU Studies 19 (spring 1979): 361–74.

Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography. Photocopy of holograph. LDS Church Archives. In The Heavens Resound: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Ohio, 1830–1838, by Milton V. Backman Jr., 284–309. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1983.

Burgess, William. Autobiography. In Windows: A Mormon Family, edited and compiled by Kenneth Glyn Hales, 91–110. Tucson, Ariz.: Skyline, 1985. In LDS CD.

Burgess, William, Jr. Autobiography. Microfilm of typescript. BYU Archives.

Burkett, George. Diary. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Cahoon, William Farrington. Autobiography, 1813–1978. Microfilm of holograph. LDS Church Archives.

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Coe, Truman. “Mormonism.” Cincinnati Journal and Western Luminary, August 25, 1835, 4. In LDS CD.

Colvin, Don F. “Nauvoo Temple.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 3:1001–3. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

Coolbear, Lola Almira Belnap. Vinson Knight Biographical Sketch. Photocopy of typescript. LDS Church Archives.

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.

Court Opinion in Kirtland Temple Suit, February 23, 1880. In The Kirtland Temple: A Historical Narrative, by Roger D. Launius, 195–98. Independence, Mo.: Herald House, 1986.

Cowan, Richard O. “History of Latter-day Saint Temples from 1831 to 1990.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 4:1450–55. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

———. “The House of the Lord in Kirtland: A ‘Preliminary’ Temple.” In Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Ohio, edited by Milton V. Backman Jr., 105–22. Provo, Utah: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1990.

Cowdery, Patience Simonds. Diary, 1849–1851. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Cowdery, Warren. “Anniversary of the Church.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (April 1847): 488.

———. “Fire!” Painesville Telegraph, May 31, 1838, 2–3.

Crary, Christopher. Pioneer and Personal Reminiscences. Marshalltown, Iowa: Marshall Printing, 1893.

Crosby, Caroline Barnes. Memoirs and Diary, 1851–1882. Microfilm of holograph. BYU Archives.

Crosby, Jesse Wentworth. Autobiography. Typescript of holograph. BYU Archives.

Crosby, Jonathan. “A Biographical Sketch of the Life of Jonathan Crosby Writen [sic] by Himself.” Jonathan Crosby Papers, [ca. 1871–1875]. Microfilm of holograph. LDS Church Archives.

D&C. See Doctrine and Covenants.

Davis, S. A. “Kirtland—Mormonism.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (April 1837): 490–91.

DeMille, Janice Force. The St. George Temple: First 100 Years. Hurricane, Utah: Homestead Publishers, 1977.

The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981. Cited as D&C.

Draper, William. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Duncan, Chapman. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

“Early History of Hanover and Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers—Resumed.” Fredonia Censor, September 24, 1884, 1.

Edwards, F. Henry. The History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Independence, Mo.: Herald Publishing House, 1969.

Elliott, Orson Hyde. Reminiscences, in the Life of Orson Hyde Elliott. San Francisco: n.p., 1899.

Ensign of Liberty, of the Church of Christ 1 (1847): 1–2, 14.

Esplin, Ronald K. “The Emergence of Brigham Young and the Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830–1841.” Ph.D. diss., Brigham Young University, 1981.

———. “Joseph, Brigham and the Twelve: A Succession of Continuity.” BYU Studies 21 (summer 1981): 301–41.

———. “Significance of Nauvoo for Latter-day Saints,” Journal of Mormon History 16 (1990): 71–86.

Fielding, Mary, to Mercy and Robert Thompson. October 7, 1837. In Women’s Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900, by Kenneth W. Godfrey, Audrey M. Godfrey, and Jill Mulvay Derr, 68. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982.

———, to Mercy R. Thompson, July 8, 1837. LDS Church Archives. In Women’s Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900, by Kenneth W. Godfrey, Audrey M. Godfrey, and Jill Mulvay Derr, 60–61. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982.

Fields, Clarence L. “History of the Kirtland Temple.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1963.

Foote, Warren. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Frary, I. T. Early American Doorways. Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massey, 1937.

Gee, Lysander, to Joseph Millet, Tooele City, July 18, 1885. In Joseph Millet Record Book [ca. 1850–1947], by Joseph Millet. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

General Conference Minutes, Supplement to the Saints’ Herald. Microfiche.

Godfrey, Kenneth W., Audrey M. Godfrey, and Jill Mulvay Derr. Women’s Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982.

Goldsmith, Lucia A. “Rigdon, the First Mormon Elder.” Typescript of photocopy. Kirtland Temple Historic Center.

Griffiths, Gomer T. “Reminiscences of Kirtland Temple.” Saint’s Herald 82 (June 4, 1935): 715–16, 723–24, 734.

Griffiths, Mary, to Sister Lewis, n.d. RLDS Library-Archives.

Gunnell, Wayne Cutler. “Martin Harris—Witness and Benefactor to the Book of Mormon.” Masters thesis, Brigham Young University, 1955.

Hale, Aroet L. Autobiography. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

———. Reminiscences. Microfilm of holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Hales, Kenneth Glyn, ed. and comp. Windows: A Mormon Family. Tucson, Ariz.: Skyline Printing, 1985.

Hancock, Levi W. Diary. Typescript. BYU Archives.

Hankins, Wade. Reminiscences [1967–1972]. Typescript of interview conducted by Lachlan Mackay. Kirtland Temple Visitor’s Center Archives.

Heywood, Joseph L., to Brigham Young, January 12, 1848. In Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Andrew Jenson, January 12, 1848, 1. LDS Church Archives.

High Priest Minutes. Spanish Fork North Branch, Utah Stake, 1866–1898. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Hill, Marvin S. “Brodie Revisited: A Reappraisal of No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie,” Dialogue 7 (winter 1972): 72–84.

Hill, Marvin S., C. Keith Rooker, and Larry T. Wimmer. “The Kirtland Economy Revisited: A Market Critique of Sectarian Economics,” BYU Studies 17 (summer 1977): 391–475.

“History of Brigham Young.” Deseret News, February 10, 1858, 385–86.

“History of Brigham Young.” Millennial Star 26 (August 20, 1864): 535–36; 26 (December 31, 1864): 834–36; 27 (January 7, 1865): 5–8; 27 (July 15, 1865): 438–41.

History of the Church. See Smith, Joseph, Jr. The History of the Church . . .

The History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Vols. 4 and 5. Independence, Mo.: Herald House, 1967, 1969.

Holden, Edwin. “Recollections.” Juvenile Instructor 27 (1892): 151–53.

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel. Every Stone a Sermon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1992.

Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, and T. Jeffery Cottle. Old Mormon Kirtland and Missouri: Historic Photographs and Guide. Santa Ana, Calif.: Fieldbrook, 1991.

Homer, William Harrison. “The Passing of Martin Harris.” Improvement Era 29 (March 1926): 468–72.

“The House of God.” Messenger and Advocate 1 (July 1835): 147–48.

“The House of the Lord.” Messenger and Advocate 2 (October 1835): 207.

Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Ohio: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its General and Local History: With Descriptions of Its Counties, Principal Towns and Villages. Cincinnati: Derby and Bradley, 1847.

———. Historical Collections of Ohio in Two Volumes: An Encyclopedia of the State: History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities, and Villages, Its Agricultural Manufacturing, Mining, and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886. 2 vols. Cincinnati: State of Ohio, 1908.

Huntington, Oliver Boardman. Diary. Utah State Historical Library, Salt Lake City.

———. Journal, 1845–1846. Oliver Boardman Huntington Collection. BYU Archives.

Huntington, Prescindia Lathrop. Reminiscences. In The Women of Mormondom, by Edward W. Tullidge, 207–9. New York: Tullidge and Crandall, 1877.

Huntington, William. Reminiscences and Journal, April 1841–August 1846. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Hyde, William. Autobiography. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

———. Journal, 1868–1873. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Independence Temple drawings, set signed by F. G. Williams. “Plan of the House of the Lord for the Presidency, 1833.” Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Independence Temple drawings, unsigned set. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Jackman, Levi. “A Short Sketch of the Life of Levi Jackman: 1797–1876.” Typescript. BYU Archives.

———, to Beloved Wife and Family, Kirtland, February 26, 1836. Levi Jackman [1797–1876] Papers, 1835–1846. LDS Church Archives.

Jacobs, Stephen W. Wayne County, the Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area: A Catalog for the Environment. [Lyons, N.Y.]: Wayne County Historical Society, 1979.

Jacobson, Cecil B. “Our First Temple in the Eyes of the Architectural Historian.” Deseret News, June 10, 1933, 6, 8.

Jenson, Andrew. Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. LDS Church Archives.

———. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901–36.

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Jessee, Dean C. “The Kirtland Diary of Wilford Woodruff.” BYU Studies 12 (summer 1972): 365–99.

———, ed. The Papers of Joseph Smith. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

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Johnson, Benjamin F. A Life Review. Microfilm of holograph. Benjamin Franklin Johnson Collection [1852–1911]. LDS Church Archives.

Johnson, George W. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives.

Johnson, Joel H. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives.

———. “A Journal or Sketch of the Life of Joel H. Johnson.” Microfilm of typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Johnson, Luke. Autobiography. Millennial Star 26 (December 31, 1864): 834–36; 27 (January 7, 1865): 5–7.

Jorgensen, Lynne Watkins. “The Mantle of the Prophet Joseph Passes to Brother Brigham: A Collective Spiritual Witness.” BYU Studies 36, no. 4 (1997).

Journal of Discourses. 26 vols. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1855–86. Brigham Young, 1:131–37, April 6, 1853; Brigham Young, 1:209–20, October 9, 1852; George A. Smith, 2:211–20, March 18, 1855; Heber C. Kimball, 10:163–69, April 6, 1863; Brigham Young, 10:251–56, October 6, 1863; Orson Pratt, 14:271–76, April 9, 1871.

“Judge after Hearing.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (October 1836): 395–96.

Juvenile Instructor 14 (December 15, 1879): 283; 27 (March 1, 1892): 153.

Kelley, Cassie B., to E. L. Kelley, September 1 [and 6], 1885. Cassie B. Kelley Papers. RLDS Library-Archives.

———, to E. L. Kelley, November 10, 1889. Cassie B. Kelley Papers. RLDS Library-Archives.

Kelley, E. L., to Cassie B. Kelley, August 27, 1885. Cassie B. Kelley Papers. RLDS Library-Archives.

———, to William H. Kelley, May 16, 1883. William H. Kelley Papers. RLDS Library-Archives.

Kelley, William H., and G. A. Blakeslee. “Report of Committee on Kirtland Temple.” Saints’ Herald 30 (September 1, 1883): 560–63.

———. “To the Saints.” Saints’ Herald 33 (June 5, 1886): 351–52.

Kimball, Heber C. Autobiography. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

———. “Extracts from H. C. Kimball’s Journal.” Times and Seasons 6 (April 15, 1845): 866–69.

———. “Extract of Journal of Elder Heber C. Kimball.” Times and Seasons 6 (January 15, 1845): 770–73.

———. “Speech Delivered by Heber C. Kimball.” Times and Seasons 6 (July 15, 1845): 970–73.

“Kirtland.” Painesville Telegraph, October 4, 1883, 3; February 10, 1887, 3.

“Kirtland—Mormonism, and etc.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (April 1837): 490–91.

“Kirtland, Ohio, March 27, 1836.” Messenger and Advocate 2 (March 1836): 274–81.

“Kirtland Affairs.” Painesville Telegraph, August 30, 1860, 3; November 22, 1860, 3.

Kirtland File. Lake County Historical Society, Lake County, Ohio.

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Kirtland Newspaper Clippings File. Kirtland History Room, Kirtland Public Library.

“The Kirtland Temple.” Journal of History 2, no. 4 (1909): 410–28.

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Kirtland Temple Pulpit Lettering. LDS Church Archives.

“Kirtland Temple Repairs Completed.” Saints’ Herald 106 (July 27, 1959): 698.

Knight, Newel. Scraps of Biography. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor, 1883.

La Moody, P. M., to Postmaster of St. Louis, Mo. [Samuel B. Churchill], September 26, 1842. Selected papers pertaining to Mormonism, 1831–1859, Missouri State Historical Society. Microfilm copy. LDS Church Archives.

Langley, Batty. The City and Country Builder’s and Workman’s Treasury of Designs. London: S. Harding, 1750. Reprint, New York: Benjamin Blom, 1967.

Larson, Andrew. Erastus Snow. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1971.

Larson, Gustive O. The “Americanization” of Utah for Statehood. San Marino, Calif.: Huntington Library, 1971.

Launius, Roger D. “An Ambivalent Rejection: Baptism for the Dead and the Reorganized Church Experience.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23 (summer 1990): 61–84.

———. “Joseph Smith III and the Kirtland Temple Suit.” BYU Studies 25, no. 3 (1985): 112.

———. The Kirtland Temple: A Historical Narrative. Independence, Mo.: Herald House, 1986.

———. “The Reorganized Church and the Independence Temple: Confession of a Skeptic.” Unpublished manuscript. In possession of the author.

Leavitt, Sarah. “History of Sarah Studevant Leavitt.” Edited by Juanita L. Pulsipher. N.p., 1919. In LDS CD.

Littlefield, Lyman Omer. Reminiscences of Latter-day Saints. Logan, Utah: Utah Journal, 1888. In LDS CD.

Luce, W. Ray. “Building the Kingdom of God: Mormon Architecture before 1847.” BYU Studies 30 (spring 1990): 33–45.

Lumbard, Elizabeth T. “A Family Chronicle.” Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Mace, Wandle. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Mather, Frederic G. “The Early Days of Mormonism.” Lippincott’s Magazine 26 (August 1880): 198–211.

McBride, Reuben, to Brigham Young, July 28, 1845. Holograph. Brigham Young Papers, 1832–1878. LDS Church Archives.

Millett, Artemus. Reminiscences [ca. 1855]. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Millet, Joseph. “A Brief History of Artemus Millet, Son of Ebeneazer Millet,” In “J. Millet on C[ape] B[reton] Island 1927,” by Joseph Millet. Microfilm of holograph. LDS Church Archives.

———. “Grandfather Artemus Millet and the Kirtland Temple. Copied from My Fathers Papers or Records by Mary J. Cox, Hurricane, Utah.” Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

———. “J. Millet on C[ape] B[reton] Island 1927.” Microfilm of holograph. LDS Church Archives.

———. Record book [ca. 1850–1947]. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

“Minutes of a Conference.” Millennial Star 26 (January 23, 1864): 49–54.

“Mormonism.” Millennial Star 26 (September 10, 1864): 585–87.

“Mormonism.” Painesville Telegraph, March 13, 1832, 3.

“The Name of the Church.” Ensign of Liberty, of the Church of Christ 1 (April 1847): 20–24.

“Name of the Church.” True Latter Day Saints’ Herald 1 (February 1860): 39–43.

Newell, Linda King, and Valeen Tippetts Avery. “Sweet Counsel and Seas of Tribulation: The Religious Life of the Women of Kirtland.” BYU Studies 20 (winter 1980): 151–62.

Newspaper Clippings File. Kirtland History Room, Kirtland Public Library.

Noah, M. M. New York Evening Star. In HC, 2:351.

Ohio (Hudson) Observer, August 11, 1836.

Oman, Richard G. “Exterior Symbolism of the Salt Lake Temple: Reflecting the Faith That Called the Place into Being.” BYU Studies 36, no. 4 (1997).

“Our Village.” Messenger and Advocate 3 (January 1837): 444.

Painesville Telegraph, May 1, 1832, 3; July 5, 1832, 3; December 7, 1832, 4; October 25, 1833, 3; November 15, 1833, 4; February 20, 1835, 3; August 18, 1904, 2.

Parry, Donald W., ed. Temples of the Ancient World: Ritual and Symbolism. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994.

Partridge, Edward. Diaries, 1818, 1835–1836. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

The Pearl of Great Price. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1981.

Perkins, Keith W. “Kirtland Temple.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 2:798–99. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

Perkins and Osburns Bill against Joseph Smith, May 20, 1837. Accounts Payable, 1835–1844. Joseph Smith Collection, 1827–1844. Microfilm. LDS Church Archives.

Petersen, Lauritz G. “The Kirtland Temple.” BYU Studies 12 (summer 1972): 400–409.

Petraus, Joseph W., and J. Fred Triggs. “Report of Subsurface Investigation: Kirtland Temple Historical Center, Kirtland, Ohio.” August 5, 1976. Triggs and Associates, Consulting Geotechnical Engineers. A copy of the report was kindly provided by the Restoration Trail Foundation.

Phelps, W. W., to Sally Phelps at Liberty, Clay County, Mo., December 18, 1835. In Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Andrew Jenson, December 18, 1835, 4–5. LDS Church Archives.

Philadelphia Times, January 9, 1882.

Pilkington, William. “Testimony Sworn before Joseph W. Peterson, April 3, 1934.” BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Porter, Larry C. “The Odyssey of William Earl McLellin: Man of Diversity, 1806–83.” In The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831–1836, edited by Jan Shipps and John W. Welch, 291–378. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies; Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Post, Stephen. Diary [July 1835–March 1839]. Steven Post Papers. LDS Church Archives.

Pratt, Orson. Journal. Holograph. LDS Church Archives.

Pratt, Parley P., Jr., ed. The Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt. 4th ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.

“The President’s Message.” Ohio Star 6 (January 15, 1835): 4.

Prusha, Anne B. A History of Kirtland, Ohio. Mentor, Ohio: Lakeland Community College Press, 1982.

Pulsipher, John. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Pulsipher, Zerah. Autobiography. Typescript. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Record of the First Quorum of Elders Belonging to the Church of Christ in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, 1836–1870. RLDS Library-Archives.

“Reorganization of the Mormons at Kirtland.” Painesville Telegraph, June 14, 1860, 3.

“Report of Elders Orson Pratt and Joseph F. Smith.” Millennial Star 40 (December 16, 1878): 785–89.

“Reunion in Kirtland.” Painesville Telegraph, September 17, 1874, 3.

Richards, Hepzibah, to Willard Richards. January 18, 1838. In Women’s Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830–1900, by Kenneth W. Godfrey, Audrey M. Godfrey, and Jill Mulvay Derr, 71. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982.

———, to William Richards, January 22, 1838. Richards Family Letters, 1801–1883. Typescript. LDS Church Archives.

Rigdon, Sidney, Newel K. Whitney, and Oliver Cowdery to John A. Boynton, May 6, 1834. In Joseph Smith’s Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts, by Karl Ricks Anderson, 169–70. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1989.

Roberts, B. H. A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Century One. 6 vols. Provo, Utah: Corporation of the President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1965.

Robinson, Ebenezer. “Items of Personal History of the Editor.” The Return 1 (June 1889): 88–91.

Ross, D. R., to Earl R. Curry, January 17, 1940. RLDS Library-Archives.

Ryder, James F. Voigtländer and I: In Pursuit of Shadow Catching. Cleveland: Imperial Press, 1902.

Scraps of Biography; Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883.

Shurtliff, Luman Andros. Autobiography. Typescript of holograph. BYU Archives. In LDS CD.

Smith, George A. “Memoirs of George A. Smith.” Diary and Correspondence, 1834–1853. Typescript. BYU Archives.

———. “Sketch of the Autobiography of George Albert Smith.” Millennial Star 27 (July 15, 1865): 438–41.

Smith, Henry C. “An Architectural Appreciation of the Kirtland Temple.” Autumn Leaves 40 (April 1927): 185–86.

Smith, Joseph, Jr. Elders’ Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints 1 (August 1838): 52; 1 (November 1837): 27–29. In LDS CD.

———. History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Edited by B. H. Roberts. 2d ed., rev. 7 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1971. Cited as History of the Church or HC.

———. Joseph Smith’s Kirtland Revelations Book. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1979.

———. Joseph Smith’s Ohio Journal. In PJS, 2:1–210.

———, to Oliver Granger, July 1840. Joseph Smith’s Letterbook 2, 159–61. Joseph Smith Papers. LDS Church Archives. In PWJS, 490–91.

———, to Oliver Granger, January 26, 1841. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. In PWJS, 475.

———, to Oliver Granger, May 4, 1841. Joseph Smith Papers. LDS Church Archives. In PWJS, 494–95.

———, to Vienna Jacques, September 4, 1833. Joseph Smith Papers. LDS Church Archives. In PWJS, 293–96.

———, to William W. Phelps, January 11, 1833. Joseph Smith’s Letterbook 1, 18–20. Joseph Smith Papers. LDS Church Archives. In PWJS, 258–68.

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