Episode 163 – Live and Die by the Law

2019/7/12

Naked Mormonism Podcast

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On this episode, we discuss the Law family. From Jo’s personal councilor in the Church presidency, aide-de-camp in the Nauvoo Legion, registrar of the University of Nauvoo, and general Mormon eliteness to one of the most powerful and outspoken critics of Joseph Smith and Mormonism; William Law has an interesting story in the Church and left behind a ton of documentation that is crucial and invaluable to historians today. We get to know him, his wife Jane, and his brother Wilson in this episode and then discuss what changed.

Links:

William Law Biography https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/william-law)

Wilson Law Biography https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/wilson-law)

JS Reflections and Blessings https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/reflections-and-blessings-16-and-23-august-1842/2)

William Law grain and sawmill https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-and-discourse-3-5-october-1840/1#full-transcript)

William Law-chaired Court Martial https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/report-of-nauvoo-legion-general-court-martial-30november-1841/1)

Deed from JS/ES to William Law https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/deed-to-william-law-24-january-1842/2)

Council of Fifty Minutes https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/appendix-2-council-of-fifty-minutes-27-february-1845/3#full-18153362210351494232)

D&C 124 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/124?lang=eng)

History of the Saints by John C. Bennett https://archive.org/details/historysaints00benngoog/page/n53)

An Interview with William Law http://www.mrm.org/law-interview)

3 letters from William Law http://www.william-law.org/publications/the-mormons-in-nauvoo-three-letters-from-william-law-on-mormonism-an-honest-mans-view-and-remorse-the-daily-tribune-salt-lake-city-july-3-1887)