On this episode, we dive into our historical timeline by examining the power of the press in early Mormonism. From the BoM to the Times and Seasons, the Mormons were publication fiends in absolute control of the information going out of Nauvoo through public literature. Ebenezer Robinson, Robert B. Thompson, and Don Carlos Smith work as editors for the Times and Seasons which goes off without a hitch until August 1841. Polygamy starts to be taught to various members of trusted Mormon elite without Common Consent of the average chapel-attending Mormon. After that, we have on Lydia Finch to discuss cults, how to identify them, and what mechanisms they use to exert control over their members. Stick around after the interview to hear about the upcoming Protect LDS Children march at the end of this month.
Links:
D&C 101 1835 ed. (monogamy revelation) http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/259#facts
Agnes Coolbrith Bio http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/biographies-of-josephs-plural-wives/#back_ajs-fn-id_5-5600
Eliza Snow Funeral Procession Poem https://erslexicon.wordpress.com/poems-15-20/
Identifying the Earliest Mormon Polygamists https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V38N03_13.pdf
The Saintly Scoundrel by Andrew F. Smith https://books.google.com/books?id=BWM7yHuIyAUC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=don+carlos+smith+poisoned&source=bl&ots=WGurq2Rtvh&sig=1ekNbvnj8FSheAvpdG9smv9FVos&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOubDPuO3ZAhVBz2MKHbzNBGEQ6AEIZjAH#v=onepage&q=don%20carlos%20smith%20poisoned&f=false
John C. Bennett History of the Saints https://ia800204.us.archive.org/32/items/historysaints00benngoog/historysaints00benngoog.pdf
Ebenezer Robinson Biography http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/ebenezer-robinson
History of Nauvoo Printing Office http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/place/printing-office-nauvoo-illinois
Joseph Smith’s Brothers by Richard Lloyd Anderson https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/09/joseph-smiths-brothers-nauvoo-and-after?lang=eng#note8-
Lydia Finch: https://www.facebook.com/lydia.finch https://twitter.com/FinchLydia
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