Joseph Smith, elected mayor of Nauvoo, secretly…

1842 CE

Joseph Smith, elected mayor of Nauvoo, secretly institutes the practice of plural marriage among a select group in 1843.

Smith himself is allowed to have as many as fifty wives.

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Nauvoo Hancock Illinois United States View →

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