Brigham Young's Hostile Takeover Sources

Books & Academic Works:

  1. Brigham Young: Pioneer and Prophet – John G. Turner 
  2. Brigham Young: American Moses – Leonard J. Arrington
  3. The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power – D. Michael Quinn 
  4. No Man Knows My History – Fawn Brodie
  5. Mormonism Unveiled – John D. Lee 
  6. The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: Sidney Rigdon, Religious Reformer – F. Mark McKiernan 
  7. Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet – John G. Turner
  8. A Mean Conspirator or The Noblest of Men: William Marks's Expulsion from Nauvoo – John S. Dinger 
  9. The Papers of Joseph Smith, Vol. 2 – Dean C. Jessee

Historical Documents & Primary Sources:

  1. Joseph Smith Diary, April 19, 1834 – LDS Church Archives
  2. William Smith to Jesse C. Little, August 20, 1845 – William Smith Papers, Utah State Historical Society
  3. Temple Lot Case, p. 324 – Public Court Records
  4. History of the Church, Vol. 7, p. 288 – LDS Church Archives
  5. Minutes of Conference, April 7, 1845 – LDS Archives
  6. Daniel Davis Diary, December 1845 – LDS Historical Records
  7. Warsaw Signal, October 29, 1845 – Library of Congress Digital Newspaper Archive
  8. Star of the East, November 1846 – Library of Congress
  9. Missouri Republican, August 8, 1846 – Library of Congress
  10. Nauvoo Times and Seasons, Vol. 5, September 2, 1844 – BYU Digital Archives
  11. New York Herald, January 15, 1870 – Library of Congress
  12. Times and Seasons, Vol. 6, April 15, 1845, p. 870 – BYU Digital Archives