Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy : Bennett's Sixth Letter, or the Essay on 'Happiness'
Vision
January 2000
33
2000
20-27
The authors offer reasons why an unsigned love letter purported to be written by Joseph Smith to Nancy Rigdon cannot be authentic. The earliest known source of the letter is John C. Bennett's publication of it in the 19 August 1842 issue of the 'Sangamo Journal.'