Joseph Fielding Smith publishes work documenting Joseph Smith's plural wives known by 1905.

Date
1905
Type
Affidavit
Source
Joseph Fielding Smith
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Joseph Fielding Smith, Blood Atonement and the Origin of Plural Marriage (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1905)

Scribe/Publisher
Joseph Fielding Smith
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Joseph Fielding Smith
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

[Joseph Fielding Smith reproduces affidavits from some of the men and women who practiced plural marriage in Nauvoo, including some of Joseph Smith's plural wives; he includes a discussion of the history of plural marriage and responds to allegations that Brigham Young, not Joseph Smith, originated the practice.]

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