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ARTICLE
- 150 Years in
California
- From newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 1, November 1996
- Brannan Before
the Brooklyn
- "Dialogue" Article: Voyage of the Brooklyn by Dr. Lorin K. Hansen, 25 pages.
- The
Voyage of the Brooklyn By David
R. Crockett
- The Latter-Day
Saint Exodus From the Eastern States--Voyage of the
Brooklyn B. H. Roberts,
Comprehensive History of the Church, Vol.3, Ch.71, p.25
- History of
the Church - LETTER OF SAMUEL BRANNAN ON "A. G. BENSON AND
Co."
- Sam Brannon and the
Brooklyn Saints - Paul H.
Peterson -Historical Atlas of Mormonism p.78. This is another
account of the ship brooklyn from the Historical Atlas of
Mormonism
- "The New York
Messenger" - Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of the Church,
p.579. This is a description of
the New York Messenger newspaper which became the California Star
on the printing press shipped on the brooklyn.
- (From the New York Messenger Extra.)
TO OUR
BRETHREN AND FRIENDS SCATTERED ABROAD, Times and Seasons, Vol.6,
p.1126. This is another account
of the ship brooklyn from The New York Messenger newspaper
published by Sam Brannon before they left.
- COME ON OH ISRAEL,
IT IS TIME TO GO! Times and Seasons, Vol.6,
p.1112-1113 This is the
advertisement from the Times and Seasons for the Saints to
consider using the ship brooklyn to go to zion instead of the
overland route.
- Ships, Saints, and
Mariners: A Maritime Encloypedia of Mormon Migration,
1830-1890 Conway B. Sonne, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake
City, 1987. pages 32-34
BOOKLET
- Walking tour of Mormon Historical Sites
in San Francisco, a guidebook, 4 1/4x5 1/2 inch booklet.
- The Mormons in California, First to
Colonize San Francisco, Celebrating the Sesquicentennial,
1846-1996, They came by land and sea. A popular 12 page, 8 1/2x11
inch brown booklet.
- California Star Newspaper, History of
the newspaper printed by Sam Brannan, 1847-1848, in San Francisco
and it's role in the California gold rush of 1849 by Norma
Ricketts, 28 pages. Bookcraft
ILLUSTRATION
- Brooklyn Saints depicting the landing of
the ship Brooklyn by Albert Nebeker, a local artist. 8 1/2x11
inch.
- Brooklyn Saints II depicting the landing
of the ship Brooklyn by Albert Nebeker, a local artist. 16x20
inch. Order
Info
BOOK
- Let This Be Zion, by Dr. Lorin K. Hansen
and Lila Bringhurst. The first 1/3 of this book will be valuable
if you have an interest in the following Brooklyn passengers
families: Fisher/Evans, Goodwin, Horner, Mowry, Poole/Nichols,
Skinner, Stark, Marshall/Stivers, and Rollins/Tomkins. Published
1996, 280 pages.
- California Saints, A 150-Year Legacy in
the Golden State by Dr. Richard O. Cowan & William E. Homer.
435 pages. Bookcraft.
- Pilgrims of the Pacific, Joy N. Hulme's
children's book.
VIDEO
- Sails Set for Zion a dramatic reader's
theater production.
- Script of Sails Set for Zion a reader's
theater production.
- The Ship Brooklyn landing at the San
Francisco Commemoration, July 1996. 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Used in the San Francisco Maritime
Museum display this summer, introduced by Steve Young, 10
minutes.
- T-Shirts: Ship Brooklyn or Voyage
Map.