The Wasp (newspaper)
The Wasp (often referred to as Nauvoo Wasp) was a weekly newspaper edited and published by Latter Day Saint Apostle William Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, from April 1842 to April 1843. While it was not an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Wasp was consistently pro-Mormon and its primary target audience was the Latter Day Saint residents of Nauvoo. When The Wasp ceased publication when it was replaced by John Taylor's similarly themed Nauvoo Neighbor.
The Wasp has been described as the "secular counterpart" of the Latter Day Saint Church's Times and Seasons.[1] The newspaper dedicated much of its space to answering criticism directed at the church and its leader, Joseph Smith, Jr., by Thomas C. Sharp's consistently anti-Mormon Warsaw Signal.[1]
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