175 years ago today - Oct 5, 1843

Concerning "the doctrine of plurality of wives," Smith's manuscript diary reads: "Joseph forbids it and the practice thereof. No man shall have but one wife." History of the Church, 6:46 makes an addition which reverses this absolute denial.

[Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Appendix 7: Selected Chronology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-47, http://amzn.to/origins-power]