Posted by:
summer
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Date: July 13, 2011 10:38PM
The one and only issue of the Nauvoo Expositor newspaper had come out. It detailed Joseph's shenanigans, particularly with regard to engaging the girls and women of the community in plural marriage. This angered the townspeople. They now knew exactly what Joseph was up to. They did not want to see the women of the community abused in this manner. The subsequent order of the destruction of the printing press was probably the last straw.
Scans of the Nauvoo Expositor:
http://solomonspalding.com/docs/exposit1.htm