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On this episode, we talk about the Fosters, Robert D. and Charles A. Who are they? Why are they important? What did they do? Charles Foster, unfortunately, is a rather obscure historical figure. His brother Robert, however, figures prominently in the Mormon kingdom of Nauvoo from its inception. We talk about the growing divide between Joseph Smith and Robert D. Foster as the Nauvoo church expanded and grew until Charles Foster pulls a pistol on the prophet in broad daylight. What does it all mean?
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Robert D. Foster https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/robert-d-foster)
Charles A. Foster https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/charles-ambrose-foster)
Robert Foster Duty assignment https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/assignment-from-robert-d-foster-1-july-1842/1)
Nauvoo Legion roles https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/back/nauvoo-legion-officers-1841-1844?p=1&highlight=nauvoo%20legion%20may%201844%20foster)
Nauvoo v. Davis for slander https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-10-march-1842-city-of-nauvoo-v-davis-for-slander-of-js-a/1#full-transcript)
JS Discourse 21 February 1843 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-21-february-1843-as-reported-by-willard-richards/2#full-transcript)
Memorial to Congress signed by Charles and Robert Foster https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/memorial-to-the-united-states-senate-and-house-of-representatives-28-november-1843/13)
Illinois v. Colton https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/complaint-10-april-1844-state-of-illinois-v-colton/1#facts)
Council of Fifty Minutes https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/council-of-fifty-minutes-march-1844-january-1846-volume-1-10-march-1844-1-march-1845/236#full-transcript)
JS 1844 Nauvoo Journal https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/113#full-transcript)
One Man’s Nauvoo by James B. Allen https://www.jstor.org/stable/23286015?seq=13#metadata_info_tab_contents)
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