Ep 197 – Fostered Dissent
Naked Mormonism Podcast
Bryce Blankenagel
4.7 • 680 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2020
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | I am Ryan McKnight. I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith. Hi, I'm Andrew Torres. This is |
| 0:08.1 | Naked Mormonism. The Serial Mormon History podcast. In our last episode, we brought up some, let's just say, important folks in Navu Mormon history, |
| 0:26.5 | the fosters, the Higbees, and the laws. |
| 0:29.8 | We're going to spend the next three episodes talking about each of these families individually, |
| 0:33.4 | what happened to them, why they're important, and what their association with Navu Mormonism |
| 0:37.9 | ultimately resulted in. |
| 0:40.6 | Today we're talking about the Fosters. |
| 0:43.8 | Last week, Charles Foster pointed a pistol at the chest of Joseph Smith in broad daylight. |
| 0:50.7 | If not for Porter Rockwell there to disarm Charles Foster, Joe could have been assassinated |
| 0:56.4 | at that very moment, but the time wasn't quite right. Charles Ambrose Foster isn't an especially |
| 1:03.8 | prominent figure in Mormon history. Robert D. Bob the Builder Foster, who's Charles' brother, |
| 1:09.7 | typically garners the majority of the |
| 1:12.0 | ink associated with the fosters. |
| 1:14.4 | But let's talk about these brothers, now that they're arrested and in the Navu jail, awaiting |
| 1:20.1 | trial. |
| 1:21.0 | Let's get a little biographical sketch of these folks. |
| 1:24.0 | Listeners who are familiar enough with Navu Mormon history will know why we're |
| 1:28.1 | focusing on the fosters the Higby's and the laws in May of 1844 where our timeline currently rests. |
| 1:34.9 | So if that's you, let's just keep that little secret between you and me for a couple more |
| 1:42.3 | episodes just so we don't spoil the |
| 1:44.4 | surprise for the the uninitiated of our listeners. Charles A. Foster and Robert D. Foster |
| 1:50.9 | immigrated to America from Northampton Shire, England with their parents in 1831. And if the many, |
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