[Wilford Woodruff] Sunday 11th I spent the day at the Tabernacle & evening at Prayer Circle. <I wrote a lengthy letter during the night to Emma upon the principle of obeying counsel.>
[Angled brackets indicate shorthand, used as code in Woodruff's journal . This was probably his wife Emma]
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
WW's 5th plural wife was Emma Smith (1 March 1838 – 4 March 1912) unlawfully married March 13,1853, AGE 15!
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