82: Exposing the Expositor Part 1 - The Players | 132 Problems; Revisiting Mormon Polygamy

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The Nauvoo Expositor, an essential part of church history that lead directly to the martyrdom, and is used by historians and critics to support the assumption that Joseph was indeed the originator of section 132 and polygamy, requires a lot of serious investigation.

Understanding the situations and motivations of the men behind this newspaper, the fears of the city it sought to overthrow, and the things it actually says (and does not say) is essential to the discussion of Joseph Smith's polygamy. While people with only surface research or understanding make claims that the expositor proves Joseph's polygamy, deeper understanding reveals exactly the opposite.

Links:

The Warsaw Signal, May 22, 1844

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/03f9e475-52af-4def-87f6-654a9ae45bf3/0/1

Lucy Mack Family Memoir

https://archive.org/details/LucysBook/page/n1/mode/2up?q=joseph+jackson

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/lucy-mack-smith-history-1844-1845/1#full-transcript

Nauvoo Neighbor, April 17, 1844

http://boap.org/LDS/Nauvoo-Neighbor/1844/4-17-1844.pdf

Nauvoo Neighbor, May 29, 1844

http://boap.org/LDS/Nauvoo-Neighbor/1844/5-29-1844.pdf

City Council Minutes, June 8, 1844

https://ia802907.us.archive.org/18/items/NauvooExpositor1844Replica/Nauvoo_Expositor_1844_replica.pdf

City Council Minutes, June 10, 1844

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-10-june-1844/1#full-transcript

Nauvoo Expositor

https://ia802907.us.archive.org/18/items/NauvooExpositor1844Replica/Nauvoo_Expositor_1844_replica.pdf

Road to Martyrdom, Joseph I. Bentley

https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/road-to-martyrdom-joseph-smiths-last-legal-cases/#footnote-068

William Law: Nauvoo Dissenter, Lyndon Cook

https://byustudies.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/22.1CookWilliam-812be19f-f962-4091-bf12-ff7ca3fd7502.pdf

William Law Letters

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1981&context=byusq

Sangamo Journal, Warsaw Signal, and other newspapers:

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/sign1844.htm#0529

Interview on Nauvoo Counterfeiting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TncaVElUfBA&t=2364s

Joseph Jackson Letter and Book

https://www.reddit.com/r/mormon/comments/7828su/joseph_h_jacksons_letter_june_1_1844_included/

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Narrative_of_the_Adventures_and_Experience_of_Joseph_H._Jackson_in_Nauvoo

Eaton and Williams Affidavits

https://byustudies.byu.edu/online-chapters/volume-6-chapter-11/

William Law diary - request form

https://lib.byu.edu/search/byu/record/cat.1577718.item.31197230324508?holding=ln780kz5zajj6vne

William Law's Amazing (and Suspect) Diary, by Benjamin Park

https://professorpark.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/william-laws-amazing-and-suspect-diary/

Tribune interview with William Law, July 31, 1887

https://william-law.org/publications/dr-w-wyl-wilhelm-ritter-von-wymetal-interview-with-william-law-in-shullsburg-wisconsin-30-march-1887-the-daily-tribune-salt-lake-city-31-july-1887/

Richard Law interview (son of William Law), 1903

https://william-law.org/publications/richard-s-law-improvement-era-1903/

Mark Hofmann forgeries article

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/hofmann-forgeries?lang=eng