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Sources Cited


“Sources Cited,” Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, Volume 2, No Unhallowed Hand, 1846–1893 (2020)

“Sources Cited,” Saints, Volume 2

Sources Cited

This list serves as a comprehensive guide to all sources cited in the second volume of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. In entries for manuscript sources, dates identify when the manuscript was created, which is not necessarily the time period the manuscript covers. Volumes of The Joseph Smith Papers are listed under “JSP.” Many sources are available digitally, and links are found in the electronic version of the book, available at saints.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in Gospel Library.

Citation of a source does not imply that it is endorsed by the Church. For more information about the types of sources used in Saints, see “Note on Sources.”

The poems of Eliza R. Snow that appear in epigraphs for each of the four parts come from Jill Mulvay Derr and Karen Lynn Davidson, eds., Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press; Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2009).

The following abbreviations are used in this list of sources cited:

  • BYU: L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

  • CHL: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City

  • FHL: Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City