Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Lucian R. Foster" in English language version.
Contemporary documents, such as Joseph Smith's diary, indicate that Foster arrived in Nauvoo on 27 April 1844. Foster's first business advertisement appeared in the Nauvoo Neighbor on 14 August 1844, and other contemporary witnesses verify that Foster's photographic work in Nauvoo did not begin before April 1844.
The second most plausible period, Tracy posits, is when photographer Lucian Foster moved to Nauvoo two months before the death of Joseph Smith.
Contemporary documents, such as Joseph Smith's diary, indicate that Foster arrived in Nauvoo on 27 April 1844. Foster's first business advertisement appeared in the Nauvoo Neighbor on 14 August 1844, and other contemporary witnesses verify that Foster's photographic work in Nauvoo did not begin before April 1844.
The second most plausible period, Tracy posits, is when photographer Lucian Foster moved to Nauvoo two months before the death of Joseph Smith.