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- ↑ Tullidge, Edward (October 1880). "Zion's Central Board of Trade". Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine. 1. 1: 418.
- ↑ Deseret News. April 20, 1881.
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- ↑ To the Stake Boards of Trade. Zion's Central Board of Trade. 1881. p. 3. 330 A1 no.84 – via Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, Americana Collection.
- ↑ Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 14.
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- ↑ Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 19.