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- 1 2 Tullis, F. Lamond and Elizabeth Hernandez. "Mormons in Mexico: Leadership, Nationalism, and the Case of the Third Convention." 1987. Accessed 6 April 2009 from: "Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ↑ Flake, Gerry R., "Mormons in Mexico: The First 96 Years", Ensign , September 1972.
- ↑ Dormady, Jason (2011). Primitive Revolution: Restorationist Religion and the Idea of the Mexican Revolution, 1940–1968. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826349521.
- 1 2 3 Thomas W. Murphy (1998). ""Stronger Than Ever": Remnants of the Third Convention". The Journal of Latter Day Saint History. 10: 1, 8–11. SSRN 2203606 . Retrieved 2014-01-27.