Ebenezer Robinson and his wife swear affidavits stating Hyrum Smith taught them plural marriage.
- Type
- Affidavit
- Source
- Ebenezer Robinson LDSDisaffected
- Hearsay
- DirectLate
- Reference
Ebenezer Robinson and Angeline E. Robinson, Affidavit, December 19, 1873, rep. Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1887), 543
- Scribe/Publisher
- Lewis Publishing Company
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
"To Whom It May Concern:
"We, Ebenezer Robinson, and Angeline E. Robinson, husband and wife, hereby certify that in the fall of 1843, Hyrum Smith, brother of Joseph Smith, came to our house in Nauvoo, Illinois, and taught us the doctrine of polygamy. And I, the said Ebenezer Robinson, hereby further state that he gave me special instructions how I could manage the matter so as not to have it known to the public. He also told us that while he had heretofore opposed the doctrine, he was wrong, and his brother Joseph was right; referring to his teaching it.
"EBENEZER ROBINSON,
"ANGELINE E. ROBINSON.
"Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29th day of December. 1873.
[L.S.] "J. M. SALLEE, Notary Public."
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