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“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Bleak, Annals of the Southern Utah Mission, 4 Feb. 1877, p. 46.
Bleak, James Godson. Annals of the Southern Utah Mission, ca. 1898–1907. CHL. MS 318.
“Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98; 1850 U.S. Census, Utah Co., Utah Territory, 142[B].
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:96.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Lyman, Journal, 23 Aug. 1832, [1]; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:97.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Lyman, Journal, 24 Aug. 1832, [1]; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:97.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Lyman, Journal, 21 Mar. 1833; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Pratt, Diary, 11 Dec. 1833; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117.
Pratt, Orson. Diaries, 1833–1837. Orson Pratt, Autobiography and Journals, 1833–1847. CHL. MS 587, fds. 2–4.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Lyman, Journal, 18 June 1834, [10]; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 8 Sept. 1858, 117–118; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 121.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 121; Backman, Profile, 118; Cook, Nauvoo Marriages Proxy Sealings, 44.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.
Cook, Lyndon W. Nauvoo Marriages Proxy Sealings, 1843–1846. Provo, UT: Grandin Book, 2004.
Lyman, Journal, 7 Apr. 1836; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 121; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Lyman, Amasa. Journals, 1832–1877. Amasa Lyman Collection, 1832–1877. CHL. MS 829, boxes 1–3.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Kirtland Safety Society Stock Ledger, Chicago Historical Society.
Kirtland Safety Society Stock Ledger. Chicago Historical Society, Papers, 1836–1886. Copy at CHL. MS 8136.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 121–122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
List of Members, Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book, 6.
Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Minute Book. / “Record of Na[u]voo Lodge Under Dispensation,” 1841–1846. CHL. MS 9115.
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 5 Aug. 1842, 97; Amasa Lyman, Oath of office, 8 Aug. 1842, Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Nauvoo City Council attendance records, 23 May 1842–30 Jan. 1843, Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; “City Election,” The Wasp, 8 Feb. 1843, [2].
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book / Nauvoo City Council. “A Record of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Nauvoo Handcock County, State of Illinois, Commencing A.D. 1841,” ca. 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3435.
Nauvoo, IL. Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 16800.
The Wasp. Nauvoo, IL. Apr. 1842–Apr. 1843.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 266.
Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:98.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
JS, Journal, 23 Feb. 1843; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99; “Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
“Amasa Lyman’s History,” Deseret News, 15 Sept. 1858, 122; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
JS, Journal, 4 Feb. 1843; “Continuation of Elder Rigdon’s Trial,” Times and Seasons, 1 Oct. 1844, 5:663–664; “Special Meeting,” Times and Seasons, 2 Sept. 1844, 5:638; “Conference Minutes,” Times and Seasons, 1 Nov. 1844, 5:692.
Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 26 Mar. 1844.
Council of Fifty. “Record of the Council of Fifty or Kingdom of God,” Mar. 1844–Jan. 1846. CHL.
Council of Fifty, “Record,” 27 Feb. 1845.
Council of Fifty. “Record of the Council of Fifty or Kingdom of God,” Mar. 1844–Jan. 1846. CHL.
Nauvoo House Association, Minutes, 7 Apr. 1845, Records, CHL.
Nauvoo House Association. Minutes, 5 and 7 Apr. 1845. Nauvoo House Association, Records, 1841–1846. CHL. MS 2375, box 5, fd. 16.
Cook, Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 267.
Cook, Lyndon W. The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith: A Historical and Biographical Commentary of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985.
Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, 149; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Lyman, Albert R. Amasa Mason Lyman: Trailblazer and Pioneer from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Delta, UT: Melvin A. Lyman, 1957.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, 228–229; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Lyman, Albert R. Amasa Mason Lyman: Trailblazer and Pioneer from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Delta, UT: Melvin A. Lyman, 1957.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
“Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
Lyman, Amasa Mason Lyman, 240–241.
Lyman, Albert R. Amasa Mason Lyman: Trailblazer and Pioneer from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Delta, UT: Melvin A. Lyman, 1957.
Historian’s Office, “History of Brigham Young,” 502–504; Woodruff, Journal, 5 May 1867; “To Whom it May Concern,” Deseret Evening News, 13 May 1870, 176; “Lyman, Amasa Mason,” in Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:99.
Historian’s Office. “History of Brigham Young.” In Manuscript History of Brigham Young, ca. 1856–1860, vol. 1, pp. 1–104. CHL. CR 100 150, box 1, fd. 1.
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Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Jenson, Andrew. 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 Co., 1901–1936.
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Walker, Ronald W. Wayward Saints: The Godbeites and Brigham Young. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998.
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Account with the Church of Christ, circa 11–29 August 1834
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- City Council Order, 30 January 1843–F
- Copy of Evidence and Letter, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- Copy of Evidence, circa Late 1838–circa Early 1839 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- Discourse, 7 April 1844, as Reported by Times and Seasons
- Discourse, 27 March 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
- Doctrine and Covenants, 1844
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Letter from Alanson Ripley, 10 April 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letter from Zenos Gurley, 4 May 1842
- Letter to Emma Smith, 12 November 1838
- Letterbook 2
- Letters to John Burk, Sally Phelps, and Almira Scobey, 1–2 June 1835
- List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Minute Book 1
- Minute Book 2
- Minute Entry, Appointment of Amasa Lyman, 5 August 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1842
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–8 April 1843
- Minutes, 11 August 1834
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, November 1842–January 1844
- Orson Hyde, Statement about Quorum of the Twelve, circa Late March 1845
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Petition to George Thompkins, 15 March 1839
- Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
- Power of Attorney to Amasa Lyman, 28 February 1843
- Reflections, 16 and 23 August 1842
- Revelation Book 2
- Revelation, 12 October 1833 [D&C 100]
- Revelation, 19 January 1841 [D&C 124]
- Revelation, 29 August 1832 [D&C 99]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- The Book of the Law of the Lord
- Times and Seasons, 1 July 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Transcript of Proceedings, 12–29 November 1838 [State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839