1844 Presidential Campaign

The Nauvoo Expositor: The Tragic Events Behind Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom

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The Nauvoo Expositor: Expulsion from Missouri and the Rise of Nauvoo After the expulsion of the Latter-day Saints from Missouri in 1838–1839, thousands of refugees crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois. The citizens of Quincy offered critical early support, and the Saints eventually purchased land upriver in Commerce, which would later be renamed Nauvoo. The … Read more

Restoration: Top Villains of the Restoration

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Top Villains of the Restoration: Political Opposition, Cumorah Accounts, and Early Sacrame

Introduction This episode explores several historical currents surrounding the early Restoration: sacrament practice in the 1830s and 1840s, the complex political relationship between Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon during the 1844 presidential campaign, late accounts of the Hill Cumorah stone box, and the aggressive national opposition that shaped federal policy toward the Latter-day Saints. Rather … Read more