Ep 158 – The Very Walls Had Ears

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

Ldschurch, Christianity, Latterdaysaints, Religion, Ldschurchhistory, Mormons, Religion & Spirituality, Mormonhistory, Bookofmormon, Mormonism, Josephsmith, Mormon

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we dive into the ubiquity of Nauvoo polygamy. Much has been made about Joseph Smith having multiple wives, but he wasn’t the only Nauvoo elite with more than one. Just how prevalent was the practice? How many participated? How many knew about the doctrine? How many plural marriages were formed prior to D&C 132 being committed to paper? What conclusions can we draw from the available data? Gary James Bergera’s article is a masterpiece in helping to understand the complexity of the tangled web of Nauvoo Polygamy.

Identifying the Earliest Mormon Polygamists by Gary Bergera
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V38N03_13.pdf

James Adams
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/james-adams

Ezra T. Benson
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/companies/65/ezra-t-benson-company

Reynolds Cahoon
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/reynolds-cahoon

Joseph Coolidge
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-wellington-coolidge?l=papers

Howard Egan
https://majorhowardegan.com/howard-egan/overview-of-major-howard-egans-life/

William Felshaw
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/7955/william-felshaw

Deed to William Felshaw
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/deed-to-william-felshaw-30-june-1836/1

William Huntington biography by Andrew Jensen
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/logout?targetUrl=/collection/BYUIBooks/id/3154

Joseph Kelting
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-andrew-kelting

Isaac Morley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/isaac-morley

Joseph Bates Noble
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/joseph-bates-noble
https://keeperoftheprophetssword.net/

John Edward Page
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-edward-page

Uncle John Smith
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/john-smith
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(uncle_of_Joseph_Smith)

Theodore Turley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/theodore-turley

Lyman Wight
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/lyman-wight

Edwin Woolley
https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/edwin-woolley

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I am Ryan McKnight.
0:02.4	I'm Kara Santa Maria.
0:04.0	I am Christopher Smith.
0:05.5	Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.
0:07.0	This is Naked Mormonism.
0:10.0	The Serial Mormon History Podcast.
0:14.6	Hey there, dear listeners.
0:16.9	As promised last week, I am back feeling better, but as I said, sounding worse.
0:23.5	So if you all don't mind toughen it out through a little bit of nasally sound and some
0:28.1	scratchy voice, let's go ahead and do a proper episode today.
0:32.9	We're on episode 158.
0:34.3	Let's go ahead and get started.
0:35.4	A new era of Navu Mormonism was beginning to dawn in 1843,
0:41.6	but only the truly adept could see the tides shifting. The polygamy revelation was on paper. It had
0:48.3	been presented to the High Council and accepted. Those who didn't accept it were amidst being
0:53.7	dealt with. Those who did enjoyed the
0:56.4	next degree of celestial glory on this earth and small prayer meetings with the most trusted
1:01.6	Navu Mormon elite. This new Mormonism, though, could only exist in the shadows of the public
1:07.3	facade. Only polygamy initiates could converse with other polygamists, as any leak could prove disastrous.
1:15.3	Quote, we hardly dared speak of it.
1:17.6	The very walls had ears.
1:19.5	We only spoke of it in whispers, recalled Zina Diantha Huntington, Jacobs, Smith, Young, in 1898.
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