Cowdery calls Joseph's relation with Alger a "dirty, nasty, filthy scrape/affair."

Date: Jan 21, 1838
Type: Letter
Source: Oliver Cowdery
LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Reference: Oliver Cowdery, Letter to Warren A. Cowdery, January 21, 1838, Oliver Cowdery Letterbook
Scribe/Publisher: Warren F. Cowdery
People: Fanny Alger, Warren A. Cowdery, Joseph Smith, Jr., Oliver Cowdery
Audience: Warren A. Cowdery; PDF
Transcription: I did not fail to affirm that what I had said was strictly true A dirty, nasty, filthy ~~scrape~~ affair of his and Fanny Algers was talked over in which I strictly declared that I had never deviated from the truth on the matter, and as I supposed was admitted by himself.
Source Link: https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/oliver-cowdery-letter-to-warren-a-cowdery-olivers-brother-january-21-1838/
BHR Staff Commentary: "Affair" is written over "scrape" in Warren F. Cowdery's handwriting.
This can be parsed out in the picture provided by Mormon Polygamy Documents, JS 1145: https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/free-documents-index/
Citations in Mormonr Qnas: Joseph Smith and Fanny Alger
Polygamy (Joseph Smith Era)