On this episode, we begin with a letter Emma Smith wrote to Governor Thomas Carlin reasoning and pleading for exoneration of her husband. Then we get into the complicated and controversial nature of a letter Joseph Smith wrote to his old friends, the Whitney family. We discuss the polygamous marriage of Sarah Ann Whitney to Joseph Smith in July 1842 and how it provides context for the letter to the entire Whitney family. Links: JS letter to Whitneys https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/letter-to-the-whitneys-18-august-1842/1#full-transcript JS Journal Dec 1841-Dec 1842 https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1841-december-1842/53#full-transcript Emma Smith to Governor Carlin http://mormonhistoricsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Lady-and-the-Governor-Emma-Hale-Smith%E2%80%99s-and-Thomas-Carlin%E2%80%99s-1842-Correspondence.pdf Joseph Smith, John C. Bennet, and the Extradition Attempt, 1842 https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/joseph-smith-prophet-and-seer/joseph-smith-john-c-bennett-and-extradition-attempt-1842 Sarah Ann Whitney http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/sarah-ann-whitney/ Sarah Ann Whitney Biography https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/sarah-ann-whitney-kimball Michael Marquardt The Strange Marriages of Sarah Ann Whitney to Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet https://user.xmission.com/~research/family/strange.htm Did Joseph Smith have sex with his wives? http://www.mrm.org/joseph-smith-and-polygamy Michael Quinn The Newel K. Whitney Family https://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/12/the-newel-k-whitney-family?lang=eng Joseph Smith’s letter to the Whitney Family https://www.fairmormon.org/answers/Joseph_Smith/Polygamy/Whitney_letter Show links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/