1.
Account of the Reaction to the Smith Murders in Nauvoo (John Taylor Account)
The Martyrs: A Sketch of the Lives and a Full Account of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by Lyman O. Littlefield
(Salt Lake City, 1882)(Chapter X)
FORD'S FLIGHT FROM NAUVOO ON HEARING THE SIGNAL THAT THE MURDER HAD BEEN COMMITTED - PREVENTS THE NEWS FROM BEING CARRIED TO NAUVOO – HIS ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF CARTHAGE TO FLEE- ELDER TAYLOR'S RETURN TO NAUVOO- HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF IT- THE GOVERNOR'S ALARM- JONAS AND FELLOWS SENT BY HIM TO NAUVOO-RESOLUTIONS OF CITY COUNCIL- PEOPLE OF WARSAW REFUSE TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR-INSOLENT LETTER FROM FORD.
2.
Thomas Sharp's Editorial on the Murder of the Smiths (Warsaw Signal, July 10, 1844)
3.
Letter from William Webb Describing the Role of Thomas Sharp in the Smith Murders (October 14, 1844)
From The Martyrs: A Sketch of the Lives and a Full Account of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by Lyman O. Littlefield (Salt Lake City, 1882)
4.
John Hay, "The Mormon Prophet's Tragedy," Atlantic Monthly (December 1869)(trial account)
5.
Lyman O. Littlefield's Collection of Accounts Concerning "Retributive Justice"
From The Martyrs: A Sketch of the Lives and a Full Account of the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by Lyman O. Littlefield (Salt Lake City, 1882)