Manuscripts

British Mission Emigration Register. Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah (hereafter FHL). BMR, Book 1046, 102–130 (DGS 25691).

Hobbs, Henry. Diary, May 1859–July 1860. Microfilm Manuscript. MS 8477, CHL.
Magleby, Hans Olsen. Diaries, 1857–1865 and 1875. Typescript English translation (original manuscript in Danish). MS 1540, CHL.

McIntyre, Thomas. Diary. Manuscript. MS 1794, CHL.

Neslen, Robert F. Diary. Typescript. MS 16566, CHL.

Nilsson, Mathias Brock. Diary, Journal History of the Church, July–December 1859 (September 4, 1859, 429, 444–76). Typescript. CR 100 137, CHL.

Newspapers and Periodicals

Church News. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Daily Alta California. San Francisco, California.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Juvenile Instructor. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Millennial Star. Liverpool, England. 1840–1970.

Mountaineer. Salt Lake City, Utah.

New York Herald. New York City, New York.

Union. St. George, Utah.

Valley Tan. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Digital Collections and Databases

Archive.org, Internet Archive. San Francisco, California.

Church History Biographical Database. CHL.

FamilySearch.org, FHL.

Joseph Smith Papers. CHL.

Journal History of the Church. CHL.

Utah Digital Newspapers. J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Woods, Fred E. et al. Saints by Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. https://saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu.

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