View source for Improvement Era (1946): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practised it himself are amply proved by existing facts"

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==''Improvement Era'' (1946): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practised it himself are amply proved by existing facts"==
[https://archive.org/stream/improvementera4911unse#page/n50/mode/1up "Did Joseph Smith Introduce Plural Marriage,"] ''Improvement Era'' (November 1946):
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That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practised it himself are amply proved by existing facts....Many of the women who were thus sealed to Joseph Smith lived long after his death. The declared that they lived with the Prophet as husband and wives. These women were of unblemished character, gentle and lovely in their lives, who spoke with loving respect of their martyr husband. The substantiated in detail the statements of those who performed the ceremonies.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/improvementera4911unse#page/n50/mode/1up "Did Joseph Smith Introduce Plural Marriage,"] ''Improvement Era'' (November 1946) 721.</ref>
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