JosephToldTheTruth.org

A site dedicated to presenting evidence that Joseph Smith never supported, practiced, or taught polygamy.

Links

1:20
Why It Matters – Lisa’s Story (excerpt)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjyYTw8RFqk

Why It Matters: LDS Polygamy Trauma with Heather and Lisa (full episode)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BonCxTzzdfY

1:40

A Face to Face Event with Elder Cook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzsccsiIiY&t=619s

2:00

Joseph Smith Papers Project

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/

2:25

Brian C. Hales’ website: Joseph Smith’s Polygamy

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/mormon_polygamy/

3:15

May 26, 1844, speech by Joseph Smith

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-26-may-1844-as-compiled-by-leo-hawkins/9

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-26-may-1844-as-compiled-by-leo-hawkins/13

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-26-may-1844-as-compiled-by-leo-hawkins/15

3:45

Elders’ Journal, July 1838

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/elders-journal-july-1838/11

4:10

“Marriage” – Doctrine and Covenants, 1835 edition, Section 101

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/259

Times and Seasons, 1 September 1842

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-september-1842/15

Times and Seasons, 1 October 1842

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-october-1842/13

4:40

“Marriage” – Doctrine and Covenants, 1844 edition, Section 109

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1844/441

4:50

Brian C. Hales, “Denying the Undeniable”: Examining Early Mormon Polygamy Renunciations

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jmormhist.44.3.0023

pp. 27-28

5:15

Millennial Star, January 1844

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/MStar/id/241

5:40

Ask Us: Top Five Reference Questions about Doctrine and Covenants Publishing

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/blog/ask-us-top-five-reference-questions-about-doctrine-and-covenants-publishing?lang=eng

5:50

Doctrine and Covenants Section 132

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132?lang=eng

Genesis 2:24

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/gen/2?lang=eng

Mark 10:7-8

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/mark/10?lang=eng

Jacob 2:27

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/jacob/2?lang=eng

D&C 42:22

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/42?lang=eng

6:35

Brigham Young speech, August 29, 1852

https://jod.mrm.org/6/277

Brigham’s speech as reported in the Deseret News, September 14, 1852

https://archive.org/details/DeseretNewsExtraSept141852

7:00

“To the Elders Abroad,” Times and Seasons, April 1844

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/NCMP1820-1846/id/8236

7:55

Hyrum’s April 8, 1844, speech – as recorded by Thomas Bullock

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/daa151c4-7bae-49d0-8cef-d281a70f1d32/0/32

8:40

Hyrum’s April 8, 1844, speech – crossed out

https://www.josephsmithpapers.com/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/356

9:00

Brigham journal revisions

https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheChurchhcVolumes1-7original1902EditionPdf/page/n1927/mode/2up?view=theater

9:25

Example of text “not to go in by BY’s orders”

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/51

9:40

Hyrum’s April 8, 1844, speech – crossed out

https://www.josephsmithpapers.com/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/356

10:10

Hyrum’s April 8, 1844, speech revised and replaced with mildly worded summary

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/434

Source note: revised version of Hyrum’s speech created in 1855/1856

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/434#source-note

11:00

Saints: The Standard of Truth (Vol. 1), p. 491

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/40-united-in-an-everlasting-covenant?lang=eng

11:20

Brigham’s October 8, 1866, speech

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/23abc600-ff59-4c69-ad9f-85dd32e55db2/0/2

12:00

“Biography of Charles Wesley Wandell,” Journal of History, Volume 3, No. 1, January 1910, p. 456

http://www.latterdaytruth.org/pdf/100003.pdf

12:20

Joseph’s October 5, 1843, journal entry – ORIGINAL

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-3-15-july-1843-29-february-1844/123

12:55

Joseph Smith brings charges against Harrison Sagers

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/charges-against-harrison-sagers-preferred-to-william-marks-21-november-1843/1

13:00

Times and Seasons, February 1, 1844

https://archive.org/details/TimesAndSeasonsVol5/page/n71/mode/2up

13:40

Joseph’s October 5, 1843, journal entry – draft with numerous revisions

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-draft-1-march-31-december-1843/143

14:35

Joseph’s October 5, 1843, journal entry – revised version

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/118

14:50

Gospel Topics Essays on plural marriage

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng

15:20

Saints Unscripted, “Was Joseph Smith Actually a Polygamist??” with Brian Hales

https://youtu.be/hMj_lxPZIT0?si=Q2nBk1uDzktpmgt8&t=386

17:10

Hyrum to brethren in Hancock county, March 15, 1844, Times and Seasons, Vol. 3

https://archive.org/details/GR_4156-3/page/473/mode/2up?view=theater

17:50

Letter to Emma Smith and the Relief Society, 31 March 1842

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-and-the-relief-society-31-march-1842/1

19:30

“The Voice of Innocence from Nauvoo”

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/19559128-fd44-45f1-9142-3e6b22432d1f/0/0

20:15

Saints: The Standard of Truth (Vol. 1), p. 490

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1/40-united-in-an-everlasting-covenant?lang=eng#p42

21:15

Brian C. Hales, “Denying the Undeniable,” pp. 42-43; p. 36

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jmormhist.44.3.0023

22:35

Journal of History, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 460-462

http://www.latterdaytruth.org/pdf/100009.pdf

22:50

Journal of History, vol. 3., no. 2, p. 337

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101079828388&seq=341

23:25

Brigham Young, Oct 1866, 36th Semi-Annual Conference

https://www.eldenwatson.net/1860s.htm#14

24:00

Gospel Tangents, Ep. 52: Did Emma Deny Joseph Practiced Polygamy?

https://youtu.be/BxFWMzde2TY?si=9o_JCubvOlH9kJLv&t=74

24:25

William McLellin quoted by J. H. Beadle

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/william-mclellin-quoted-by-j-h-beadle/

24:55

Doctrine and Covenants 90:35

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/90?lang=eng

25:00

William McLellin brief bio

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/doctrine-and-covenants-historical-resources/people/bio-william-e-mclellin?lang=eng

25:05

History of the Church, by B. H. Roberts, Vol. 3, p. 669

https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheChurchhcVolumes1-7original1902EditionPdf/page/n669/mode/2up?q=mclellin&view=theater

https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheChurchhcVolumes1-7original1902EditionPdf/page/n801/mode/2up?q=mclellin&view=theater

https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheChurchhcVolumes1-7original1902EditionPdf/page/n815/mode/2up?q=mclellin&view=theater

25:30

Gospel Tangents, Ep. 52: Did Emma Deny Joseph Practiced Polygamy?

https://youtu.be/BxFWMzde2TY?si=hG1YYBE9_vf-eC8i&t=195

27:00

The Saints’ Herald, October 1, 1879

https://archive.org/details/TheSaintsHerald_Volume_26_1879/page/n287/mode/2up?view=theater

27:30

Doctrine and Covenants Central, “Q&R! Tough Polygamy Questions with Dr. Brian Hales!”

https://youtu.be/k-BRsWG5Mak?si=qkTbouhmS7fKJw6J&t=1483

28:25

Saints Unscripted, “Was Joseph Smith Actually a Polygamist??” with Brian Hales

https://youtu.be/hMj_lxPZIT0?si=1xoAXVm5BRY-yyZs&t=1722

30:10

The Saints’ Herald, October 1, 1879

https://archive.org/details/TheSaintsHerald_Volume_26_1879/page/n287/mode/2up?view=theater

30:45

Affidavit from Hyrum Smith

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-july-1842/9

31:00

Testimonies against Chauncey Higbee

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/testimony-against-chauncey-l-higbee-25-may-1844/1

Katherine Warren, testimony against John C. Bennett, May 1842

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/testimony-against-chauncey-l-higbee-25-may-1844/4

31:20

Sangamo Journal, July 8, 1842 – image

https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=SJO18420708.2.238&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN———-

Sangamo Journal, July 8, 1842 – transcript

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/sang1842.htm#0708

31:45

Sangamo Journal, July 15, 1842 – image

https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=SJO18420715.2.238&e=——-en-20–1–txt-txIN———-

Sangamo Journal, July 15, 1842 – transcript

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/sang1842.htm#0708

32:00

“Happiness Letter” to Nancy Rigdon

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/appendix-letter-to-nancy-rigdon-circa-mid-april-1842/1

33:20

Brigham Young speech, Sunday, August 31, 1873

https://jod.mrm.org/16/160

34:15

The Wasp, 1842 – images

https://archive.org/details/TheWasp18421843/page/n105/mode/2up?view=theater

The Wasp, 1842 – transcripts

http://sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/LDS/wasp1.htm#082742

35:00

Brian C. Hales, “The Prophet Secretly Teaches Polygamy,” p. 5

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/16.-Joseph-Secretly-Teaches-Polygamy-2022.pdf

36:50

Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1. p. 53

https://jod.mrm.org/1/53

38:00

Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, pp. 281-282

https://jod.mrm.org/6/277

38:35

Jason Briggs 1867 interview with Emma Smith Bidamon

http://www.latterdaytruth.org/pdf/100009.pdf

39:00

The Seer, January 1853

https://archive.org/details/seereditedbyorso01unse/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater

39:20

Journal of Discourses, Vol. 18, p. 235

https://jod.mrm.org/18/235

39:40

Deseret News, June 30, 1858, p. 77 (see note 16)

https://newspaperarchive.com/salt-lake-city-deseret-news-jun-30-1858-p-6/

40:20

Joseph Smith Papers, biographical sketch of Willard Richards

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/willard-richards

40:30

“The Mormons: An Interview with Brigham Young,” quoted in True Latter Day Saints’ Herald, vol. 16, p. 158

https://archive.org/details/saintsheraldvol01unkngoog/page/158/mode/2up

41:00

Widtsoe, John A., Evidences And Reconciliation, pp. 307-310 (searchable transcript)

http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/Why.htm

Widtsoe excerpt

https://www.cumorah.com/etexts/evidencesreconciliations.txt

42:05

Kimball, Heber Chase, Utah History Encyclopedia

https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/k/kimball_heber.shtml

42:20

“Heber C. Kimball and Family: The Nauvoo Years,” p. 20

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1737&context=byusq

Stanley Kimball, Heber C. Kimball, Mormon Patriarch and Pioneer, p. 101

https://archive.org/stream/PresidentHeberC.KimballsJournal/president_heber_c_kimbal_journal_djvu.txt

43:00

Journal of Discourses, Vol. 4, p. 209

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/550

43:45

Brigham Young, August 19, 1866, speech, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, p. 268

https://jod.mrm.org/11/266

44:30

Journal entry noting July 12, 1843, revelation, per Willard Richards

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-2-10-march-1843-14-july-1843/315

44:50

Discourse, 16 July 1843, as reported by William Clayton

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-16-july-1843-as-reported-by-william-clayton/1#historical-intro

45:10

Revised July 12, 1843, journal entry, created in 1855/1856

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/39#source-note

46:00 breaking news publish clayton diaries

https://juvenileinstructor.org/breaking-news-lds-church-to-publish-the-william-clayton-diaries/

https://bycommonconsent.com/2017/10/21/the-william-clayton-diaries/

46:15

JSPP footnoted reference to Clayton’s July 12, 1843, journal entry (see footnote 631)

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-2-10-march-1843-14-july-1843/315?highlight=wrote%20a%20revelation#foot-notes

46:20

“William Clayton and the Records of Church History,” by James B. Allen

https://rsc.byu.edu/preserving-history-latter-day-saints/william-clayton-records-church-history

47:00

Revised version of July 12, 1843, revelation “created” in 1855/1856

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/history-1838-1856-volume-e-1-1-july-1843-30-april-1844/39#source-note

48:00

Testimony of James Whitehead, Temple Lot Case, 1892, p. 96

https://archive.org/details/TempleLotCaseTranscript/TempleLotCaseVol3/page/n103/mode/2up?q=Whitehead&view=theater

49:00

“William Clayton affidavit,” Feb. 16, 1874

https://bhroberts.org/records/psWfCb-0OJmBH/william_clayton_recounts_the_writing_of_the_revelation_on_plural_marriage

52:30

Nauvoo Expositor, 7 June 1844

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-expositor-7-june-1844/1

53:10

June 8, 1844, City Council minutes as reported in the Nauvoo Neighbor, June 17, 1844

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revised-minutes-17-june-1844/1

53:35

June 10, 1844, City Council Minutes

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/minutes-10-june-1844/8

54:00

Austin Cowles excommunicated

https://web.archive.org/web/20131021172503/http://byustudies.byu.edu/hc/6/20.html

William and Jane Law excommunicated

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/introduction-to-state-of-illinois-v-js-for-adultery-and-fornication/1

Affidavits from William Law, Jane Law, and Austin Cowles (center column, near bottom of page)

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/nauvoo-expositor-7-june-1844/2

1:01:50

Quincy Whig, December 22, 1847, Vol. 10, No. 37 (paywall)

https://newspaperarchive.com/quincy-whig-dec-22-1847-p-1/

Transcript of Quincy Whig article

http://sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/whig1847.htm#122247

Church History Biographical Database – Augusta Adams Cobb

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/augusta-adams-1802?lang=eng

The World newspaper interview mentioning Augusta Cobb’s marriage to Brigham (see center column)

https://archive.org/details/NewYorkNYWorld18691871Grayscale0125/mode/1up?view=theater&q=cobb

August Adams, brief bio

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/augusta-adams-1802?timelineTabs=all-events

1:03:30

July 16, 1843, sermon by Joseph Smith, as recorded by William Clayton

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/discourse-16-july-1843-as-reported-by-william-clayton/1#historical-intro

1:03:40

Orson Pratt, August 29, 1852, Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p. 54

https://jod.mrm.org/1/53

1:04:00

Heber C. Kimball, October 12, 1856, Journal of Discourses, vol. 5, p. 203-204

https://jod.mrm.org/5/202

1:04:10

Brigham Young, August 29, 1852, Journal of Discourses, vol. 6, p. 282

https://jod.mrm.org/6/277

Brigham Young, August 19, 1866, Journal of Discourses, vol. 11, p. 269.

https://jod.mrm.org/11/266

1:09:45

Gospel Doctrine lesson 31, “Sealed…for Time and All Eternity” (see “Additional Teaching Ideas” #6)

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-and-church-history-gospel-doctrine-teachers-manual/lesson-31-sealed—for-time-and-for-all-eternity?lang=eng

1:15:30

“A Proposed Reinterpretation of Jacob 2:30,” by Steve Reed

https://oneclimbs.com/2017/01/05/a-proposed-reinterpretation-of-jacob-230/

1:16:00

Emma Lynette Conover autobiographical sketch

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/10714b03-1dbb-4d5c-8854-e76c498a608e/0/0

1:17:00

Annie B. Day, Reminiscences, 1899-1917, quoted in Brittany Nash, “Let’s Talk About Polygamy,” 2021 FAIR Conference

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2021/lets-talk-about-polygamy

1:17:40

Emily Partridge reminiscence

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/13e648f8-d76e-41fa-8192-01f5be4daba0/0/200

1:18:20

Diary of Emmeline B. Wells, 30 September 1874

https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells/1870s/1874/1874-09?lang=eng

https://rsc.byu.edu/supporting-saints-life-stories-nineteenth-century-mormons/emmeline-b-wells’

1:19:40

Observation by Matilda Griffing Bancroft

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2021/lets-talk-about-polygamy

1:20:15

Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, pp. 268-269, Aug. 19, 1866

https://jod.mrm.org/11/266

1:21:40

Brittany Nash, “Let’s Talk About Polygamy,” 2021 FAIR Conference

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2021/lets-talk-about-polygamy

1:21:50

Gospel Topics Essay: “Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo”

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng

1:22:10

Brian C. Hales list of 35 likely wives of Joseph Smith

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/

1:23:30

Saints: No UnHallowed Hand (Vol. 2), p. 352

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v2/part-3/24-an-immense-labor?lang=eng

1:23:45

October 7, 1866, 36th Semi-Annual General Conference

https://www.eldenwatson.net/1860s.htm#14

1:24:15

Joseph F. Smith 1875 letter to Orson Pratt, quoted in Brian C. Hales, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy, p. 9

https://books.google.com/books?id=OTVjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=#v=onepage

1:24:40

Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Book – images

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/MS_3423_5-6/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater

Joseph F. Smith Affidavit Book – typescript

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/mode/2up


1:25:15

Agnes Coolbrith

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/biographies-of-josephs-plural-wives/

1:25:40

Almera Johnson

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/almera-woodard-johnson/

1:26:25

Delcena Johnson

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/delcena-didamia-johnson/

1:27:00

Desdemona Fullmer

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/desdemona-fullmer/

1:28:00

Eliza Partridge

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/eliza-partridge/

Eliza Partridge autobiography

https://josephsmithfoundation.org/lyman-eliza-maria-partridge-smith-1820-1885/

1:28:45

Emily Partridge Young

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/emily-dow-partridge/

1:30:25

Testimony of Emily Partridge Young in “Temple Lot Case”; see lines 297-375, esp. line 373

https://archive.org/details/TempleLotCaseTranscript/Temple%20Lot%20Case%20Vol%202/page/n385/mode/2up?view=theater

1:30:45

August 16, 1843, entry in William Clayton journal (transcript only)

https://archive.org/stream/WilliamClaytonJournal/WilliamClaytonJournal_djvu.txt

Joseph F. Smith affidavit regarding Clayton journal entry

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/page/n69/mode/2up

1:32:00

Eliza R. Snow

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/eliza-r-snow/

October 1, 1842, Declaration on Marriage and signatories

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/times-and-seasons-1-october-1842/14

Eliza Snow 1869 affidavit

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/page/n27/mode/2up

1:33:20

Elizabeth Davis

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/elizabeth-davis/

Mormon Portraits or the Truth about the Mormon Leaders, by Dr. W. Wyl, p. 54 (note that “Mrs. P.” is Sarah Pratt, and Mrs. Durfee is Elizabeth Davis Durfee)

https://books.google.com/books?id=1DtiSQAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

1:33:50

A Narrative of the Adventures and Experience of Joseph H. Jackson in Nauvoo, p. 13

https://archive.org/details/narrativeofadven00jack/page/12/mode/2up?q=wilson&view=theater

1:34:20

Elvira Ann Cowles

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/elvira-annie-cowles/

1:34:50

Esther Dutcher

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/esther-dutcher/

1:35:10

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/fanny-alger/

1:35:25

Mosiah Hancock’s 1896 addition to his father’s autobiography

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/mosiah-hancock-an-addition-written-in-1896-to-the-autobiography-of-his-father-levi-ward-hancock/

1:36:30

Oliver Cowdery letter to his brother Warren (see p. 2 of the following documents collected by Hales)

https://mormonpolygamydocuments.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/JSP_Book_91.pdf

1:37:10

High Council Minutes, April 12, 1838 (see p. 370 for the reference to “the girl business”)

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fanny-Alger-Appendix-D.pdf

Far West Record: Minutes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830-1844, pp. 167-168

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/88104/?offset=0#page=184&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

1:37:50

William McLellin, Letter to Joseph Smith III, July 1872

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/william-mclellin-letter-to-joseph-smith-iii-july-1872/

1:57:50

Fanny Young

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/fanny-young/

1:39:15

Flora Ann Woodworth

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/flora-ann-woodworth/

1:39:35

Hannah Ells

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/hannah-ells/

John Benbow 1869 affidavit

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/page/n75/mode/2up?q=eliza

1:40:05

Helen Mar Kimball

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/helen-mar-kimball/

Helen Mar Kimball, Why We Practice Plural Marriage (see referenced quotations on p. 4, p. 54, p. 53, and p. 51, respectively)

https://archive.org/details/whywepracticepl00whitgoog/page/n8/mode/2up

https://ia600900.us.archive.org/30/items/whywepracticepl00whitgoog/whywepracticepl00whitgoog.pdf

1:41:30

Louisa Beaman

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/louisa-beaman/

Joseph Bates Noble 1869 affidavit

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/page/n5/mode/2up

Don Bradley, “Knowing Brother Joseph: How the Historical Record Demonstrates the Prophet’s Religious Sincerity” (See section titled, “Reasons to Question Noble’s Dating of Events”)

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2023-old/knowing-brother-joseph-how-the-historical-record-demonstrates-the-prophets-religious-sincerity

1:42:15

Lucinda Pendleton

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/lucinda-pendleton-harris/

1:42:35

Lucy Walker Kimball

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/lucy-walker/

Lucy Walker Kimball 1892 court testimony

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/84ba84f1-0492-4a6a-98ea-5d61050a72c7/0/6

1:44:10

Malissa Lott

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/malissa-lott/

1:45:00

Lott Family Bible

https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/7226d36f-b3a5-4c0e-9d0c-33d87d46ffb4/0/3

1:45:20

Memoirs of President Joseph Smith III, pp. 245-246

(No online copy is available; excerpts are provided in the article below.)

“Was Melissa Lott Willis a Plural Wife of Joseph Smith, Jr.?”

http://www.defendingjoseph.com/search/label/Melissa%20Lott

1:45:50

Maria Lawrence

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/maria-lawrence/

Sarah Lawrence

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sarah-lawrence/

1:46:25

Marinda Johnson

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/marinda-nancy-johnson/

Todd Compton, “Remember Me in My Affliction,” Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 25, No. 2, p. 48

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23288166

Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness, p. 229

https://archive.org/details/insacredloneline0000comp/page/228/mode/2up

1:47:25

Martha McBride

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/martha-mcbride/

1:48:00

Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/mary-elizabeth-rollins/

1:48:35

“Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner; Extracts from Private Journal,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, p. 193-205; 250-260

Part one

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/231286/?offset=#page=202&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

Part two

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/231286/?offset=#page=260&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

1:49:15

Mary Heron

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/mary-heron/

1:50:00

Nancy Maria Winchester

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/nancy-maria-winchester/

Eliza R. Snow’s list of supposed wives, given to historian Andrew Jenson

https://bhroberts.org/records/psWfCb-cSugpc/eliza_r_snow_lists_fanny_alger_and_others_as_one_of_joseph_smiths_plural_wives

1:50:20

Olive Grey Frost

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/olive-g-frost/

1:51:00

Patty Bartlett Sessions

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/patty-bartlett/

1:51:15

Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions, Donna Toland Smart, ed., p. 277.

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=usupress_pubs

1:53:10

Presendia Huntington Kimball

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/presendia-lathrop-huntington/

1:53:35

Norman Buell traveled West with Heber C. Kimball company

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/norman-oliver-buell-1840?timelineTab=all-events&lang=por

Presendia Huntington Kimball brief bio

https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/presendia-lathrop-huntington-1810?timelineTab=all-events&lang=por

1:53:55

Rhoda Richards

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/rhoda-richards/

1:54:40

Ruth Vose Sayers

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/ruth-vose/

1:55:15

Sarah Ann Whitney Kimball

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sarah-ann-whitney/

1:56:00

Joseph C. Kingsbury autobiography

https://archive.org/details/journal-of-joseph-c-kingsbury/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater

1:57:10

Purported revelation to Joseph Smith for Newel K. Whitney

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-27-july-1842/1

1870s copy A

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-27-july-1842-in-unidentified-handwriting-a/1

1870s copy B

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/revelation-27-july-1842-in-unidentified-handwriting-b/1

1:58:00

Background for Whitney letter

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/35?highlight=concluded%20to%20dispatch%20a%20messenger

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/36

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/42

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-emma-smith-16-august-1842/1

2:01:15

Joseph Smith’s letter to the Whitney family

https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-newel-k-elizabeth-ann-smith-and-sarah-ann-whitney-18-august-1842/2#historical-intro

2:04:25

Sarah Cleveland

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sarah-kingsley/

2:05:15

Sylvia Sessions Lyon

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sylvia-sessions/

Blank affidavit for Sylvia Sessions Lyon

https://archive.org/details/AffidavitsOnCelestialMarriage/AffidavitBook1Typescript/page/n61/mode/2up?q=lyon

DNA testing shows Josephine Lyon was not Joseph Smith’s daughter

https://josephsmithjr.org/using-science-to-answer-questions-from-latter-day-saint-history-the-case-of-josephine-lyons-paternity/

2:06:05

Zina Huntington Young

https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/zina-diantha-huntington/

Zina Huntington Young marriages and children

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWNK-B28

2:07:00

The World newspaper, November 19, 1869

https://archive.org/details/NewYorkNYWorld18691871Grayscale0125/mode/1up

2:07:30

“Among the Mormons,” The World newspaper, November 25, 1869

https://cdm15999.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/19CMNI/id/13353

2:08:15

“Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical View,” by Lester Bush

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V08N01_13.pdf

2:08:30

Brigham Young address to the Utah legislature, February 5, 1852

https://ia902705.us.archive.org/8/items/CR100317B0001F0017/CR%20100%20317_b0001_f0017_text.pdf

Brigham Young – teachings regarding African-Americans, 1863

https://jod.mrm.org/10/104

Brigham Young – teachings regarding African-Americans, 1859

https://jod.mrm.org/7/282

Chad L. Nielsen, “Leveraging Doubt”

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=arrington_stwriting

2023 Article on Lester Bush

https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/11/28/historian-who-traced-racist-lds/

2:08:45

Russell M. Nelson, “Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives,” April 2018

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2018/04/revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives?lang=eng

2:09:00

Keystone, “LDS Historian: Be Ready, the Church Is Changing”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EL98DoyGHQ&t=1260

2:11:30

The “Adam-God” theory

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Brigham_Young_and_Adam-God_theory

Teachings on blood atonement

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/706

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/539

https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/128