Malissa Lott said: "The Prophet ... explained it to her, that it was not for voluptuous love"--yet when asked decades later if she had been his wife "in very deed," Malissa affirmed that she was. ["In Honor of Joseph Smith: An Anniversary of his Birth Celebrated in the Sixteenth Ward," Deseret Evening News, 25 December 1899, 2]
[Source: "Evidence For The Sexual Side of Joseph Smith's Polygamy," Comments by D. Michael Quinn on Session #2A "Reconsidering Joseph Smith's Marital Practices," Mormon History Association's Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 29 June 2012 (unabbreviated version, revised during July)]
"when asked decades later"
ReplyDeletethis was an interview that Melissa Lott had with Joseph Smith III on Oct.20,1885 in Lehi, Utah; main details recorded on pp.593-595 of the link (book) below:
http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/in-sacred-loneliness-the-plural-wives-of-joseph-smith/
Melissa was taken as a polygamous wife by Joseph Smith on Sep.20,1843.
Melissa Lott was the daughter of early Mormon leader Cornelius P. Lott, who managed Joseph Smith's farm in Nauvoo.
ReplyDeleteMelissa Lott (Jan.9,1824 - July 13,1898).
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