Ep 109 – Boggs Bites Port’s Bullet

On this episode, Nauvoo has a lot of secrets to hide. We talk about Orrin Porter Rockwell and his trip to Missouri in May 1842. We discuss his “confrontation” with Governor Lilburn Boggs, of which Boggs was none the wiser until he awoke days later with multiple gunshot wounds. We cover Port’s quick flight from Missouri back to Nauvoo after the assassination attempt. John C. Bennett apostatizes and begins his public derisions of Joseph Smith and Mormonism. Pistol Packin’ Porter Rockwell confronts Wreck-it Bennett about rumors Bennett was spreading about Jo’s hand in the assassination.

Links:

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Warsaw Signal 1842
http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/il/sign1842.htm

Lilburn Boggs Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs

The Wasp May 1842
https://archive.org/stream/TheWasp18421843/The_Wasp_1842-1843#page/n25/mode/2up

Baltimore Sun 31 May 1842
https://www.newspapers.com/image/364967868/?terms=boggs

Times-Picayune 29 May 1842
https://www.newspapers.com/image/25554775/?terms=boggs

Brooklyn Evening Star 23 July 1842
https://www.newspapers.com/image/117466777/?terms=boggs

Times and Seasons May 1842
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846/id/9857

Seattle Atheists talk
https://www.meetup.com/seattle-atheists/events/252222177/

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