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Polygamy

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• Polygamy -- Utah
• Polyandry
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• Latter Day Saint churches -- Polygamy
• Latter Day Saints -- Polygamy
• Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- Doctrines -- Polygamy

• Multiple marriage
• Plural marriage

• The History and Philosophy of Marriage: or, Polygamy and Monogamy Compared (Boston: James Campbell, 1869), by E. N. Jencks (HTML with commentary at truthbearer.org)
• Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ (series #2; Roscoe, PA: Roscoe Ledger Print, 1902), by Wm. Cadman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wife No. 19, or, The Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women in Polygamy (Hartford et al.: Dustin, Gilman and Co., 1875), by Ann Eliza Young
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  • PDF at whatismormonism.com
• "Mormon" Women's Protest: An Appeal for Freedom, Justice and Equal Rights; The Ladies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Protest Against the Tyranny and Indecency of Federal Officials in Utah, and Against Their Own Disenfranchisement Without Cause (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Co., ca. 1886) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Tell It All": The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism (Hartford: A. D. Worthington and Co., 1875), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse, contrib. by Harriet Beecher Stowe (page images at MOA)
• Under Our Flag: A Study of National Conditions From the Standpoint of Woman's Home Missionary Work (6th edition; New York et al.: Fleming Revell Co., c1903), by Alice M. Guernsey (multiple formats at archive.org)
• La maitresse légitime : essai sur le mariage polygamique de demain (Les Editions Georges-Anquetil, 1923), by Georges Anquetil (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Doppelehe des Landgrafen Philipp von Hessen (N.G. Elwert, 1904), by William Walker Rockwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Women under polygamy. (Dodd, Mead and Co., 1915), by Walter M. Gallichan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on polygamy ... Including remarks on Thelþhthora and its scheme ... (Printed by J. Wilkes, for the author, 1782), by James Cookson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile delinquency; plural marriages. Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 62, investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States. April 28 and May 2, 1955. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hebrew wife (New-York : Leavitt, Lord & Co. ; Boston : Crocker & Brewster, 1836., 1836), by Sereno Edwards Dwight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Truth restored in regard to polygamy and slavery (Henry B. Ashmead, 1857), by F. A. Ross and John William Colenso (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hand-book of reference to the history, chronology, religion and country of the Latter-Day Saints, including the revelation on celestial marriage : for the use of saints and strangers. (Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Andrew Dickson White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Authentic history of Brigham Young, his numerous wives and children (J.S. Goodman, and Company ;, 1867), by C. V. Waite, H.O. Houghton & Company, C.F. Vent & Co, and J.S. Goodman & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pleas for religious liberty and the rights of conscience. (Printed for the author, by Gibson Bros., 1886), by George Ticknor Curtis, Franklin Snyder Richard, and Lorenzo Snow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism : and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy (Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1876), by Ann Eliza Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of a life's experience in Mormonism (Hartford, Conn. : A.D. Worthington, 1874, 1874), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Lyman Beecher Stowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women under polygamy (Holden & Hardingham, 1914), by Walter M. Gallichan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pleas for religious liberty and the rights of conscience : arguments delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States, April 28, 1886, in three cases of Lorenzo Snow, Plaintiff in Error, v. the United States, on writs of error to the Supreme Court of Utah Territory (Gibson Bros., 1886), by George Ticknor Curtis, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin S. Richards, and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• The women of Mormonism; or, The story of polygamy as told by the victims themselves. (J.C. Chilton, 1882), by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wife no. 19, or, the story of a life of bondage... (Dustin, Gilman & Co. publication office, 1876), by Ann Eliza Young, Mary A. Livermore, and John B. Gough (page images at HathiTrust)
• The women of Mormonism, or, The story of polygamy (C.G.G. Paine, 1882), by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reflections upon polygamy, and the encouragement given to that practice in the scriptures of the Old Testament (Printed for J. Roberts, 1737), by Patrick Delany (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of polygamy as told by the victims themselves (C.G.G. Paine, 1882), by Jennie Anderson Froiseth and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opinions concerning the Bible law of marriage (Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1871., 1871), by One of the people (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dr. Mine[r's] defence[e]. Being a concise relation of the church['s charge?] against him, for professing the doctrin[e of po]ygamy, or the lawfulne[ss of hav?]ing a plurality of w[ives] ... ([n.p.], 1781), by John Miner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mormon wife : a life story of the sacrifices, sorrows and sufferings of woman : a narrative of many years' personal experience (Hartford, Conn. : Hartford Publishing Company, 1872., 1872), by Maria Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
• The women of Mormonism; or the story of polygamy as told by the victims themselves. (C.G.G. Paine, 1887), by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mysteries and crimes of Mormonism. (National Pub. Co., 1882), by J. H. Beadle and Ovando James Hollister (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Governor of Utah to the Secretary of the Interior, 1892. (Government Printing Office, 1892), by Utah. Governor (1889-1893 : Thomas), Arthur Lloyd Thomas, and United States. Dept. of the Interior (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Geo. Reynolds vs. the United States. (Deseret news printing and publishing establishment, 1879), by George Q. Cannon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exposé of polygaymy in Utah : a lady's life among the Mormons : a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon Elder, during a period of more than twenty years (American News Co., 1872), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse and H. L. Stephens (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history and philosophy of marriage : or, Polygamy and monogamy compared (J. H. Parry, 1885), by E. N. Jencks, Joseph Hyrum Parry, and Christian philanthropist (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reply to Orson Pratt (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in the 1870s), by Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prophetic controversy, no. 5. (s.n., 1903), by Wingfield Watson, Dale L. Morgan, and Heman C. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bible & polygamy : Does the Bible sanction polygamy? A discussion between Professor Orson Pratt, one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and Rev. Doctor J.P. Newman, Chaplain of the United States Senate, in the new Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, August 12, 13, and 14, 1870. : To which is added three sermons on the same subject, by Prest. George A. Smith, and Elders Orson Pratt and George Q. Cannon. (Published at the Deseret News Steam Printing Establishment, 1874), by Orson Pratt, George Q. Cannon, George A. Smith, and John Philip Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The factions on polygamy and spiritual wifery (Herald Publishing House, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1900), by Heman C. Smith and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy: was it an original tenet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1869), by Alexander H. Smith and Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bible view of polygamy (s.n., 1870), by Henry Charles Lea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy : the work of the Industrial Christian Home Association of Utah Territory ([s.n.], 1888), by Eugene Hale (page images at HathiTrust)
• La polygamie aux États Unis : les mormons (Nouveau Mercure, 1921), by Raymond Duguet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Suppression of polygamy in Utah. (Govt. Print. Off.], 1886), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Joseph Smith, the martyr, in his own defense. (Published by the Australian Tract Club of the Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• To the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress assembled : with profound respect we represent: is the Mormon problem understood? (s.n., 1883), by Charles William Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy from a non-Mormon viewpoint (s.n., 1907), by Volney S. Peet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bible and polygamy : Does the Bible sanction polygamy? A discussion between Prof. Orson Pratt, and Rev. Dr. J.P. Newman ... in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 12, 13, 1870. To which are added three sermons on the same subject by President George A. Smith and Elders Orson Pratt and George Q. Cannon. (The Deseret News Publishing Company, 1892), by Orson Pratt, George Albert Smith, George Q. Cannon, and John P. Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fred Bennett, the Mormon detective : or, Adventures in the West, Mormonism unmasked. (J.S. Ogilvie, 1887), by Fred E. Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon by the Rev. Dr. Newman, paster of the Metropolitan Methodist Church, on plural marriage. To which is added An answer / by Orson Pratt. (Deseret News Office, 1870), by John Philip Newman and Orson Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A heroic and eloquent plea : F. A. Brown states his motives and aspirations, bears a powerful testimony, and asks the court some pointed questions. (Printed and for sale by Deseret News Co., 1885), by Francis A. Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings in mass meeting of the Ladies of Salt Lake City, to protest against the passage of Cullom's Bill, January 14, 1870. ([Salt Lake City, 1870), by Salt Lake City (Utah). Ladies (page images at HathiTrust)
• A scene in Salt Lake City ([s.n., 1884), by Angie F. Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la polygamie et du concubinat à Athènes ... (Larose, 1895), by Ludovic Beauchet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mnohoženství a jednoženství : přednáška pořádaná spolkem "Domovina" dne 7. března 1899 (V komisi knihkupectví Jaroslava Pospíšila, 1899), by T. G. Masaryk (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tractatio de polygamia in qva et Ochini apostatae pro polygamia, et Montanistarum ac aliorum aduersus repetitas nuptias argumenta refutantur: addito veterum canonum & quarundam ciuilium legum ad norman verbi diuini examine. (Apvd E. Vignon, 1573), by Théodore de Bèze (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for polygamy ... (C. Carrington, 1848), by Charles Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy in Utah. Speech of Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, of Mass., delivered in the House of Representatives, April 4, 1860. ([Washington, 1860), by Daniel W. Gooch (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Tell it all" : the story of a life's experience in Mormonism : an autobiography (Hartford, Conn. : A.D. Worthington, 1874), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bible & polygamy. Does the Bible sanction polygamy? (Deseret news steam printing establishment, 1877), by Orson Pratt, George Q. Cannon, George Albert Smith, and John Philip Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The women of Mormonism, or, The story of polygamy as told by the victims themselves (C. G. G. Paine, 1884), by Jennie Anderson Froiseth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The other house a true story of the modern Mormon polygamy (C.M. Clark, 1912), by Martha Anderson and Harvey J. O'Higgins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mormonism the Islam of America (F.H. Revell, 1912), by Bruce Kinney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Polygamy and citizenship in church and state (Judd & Detweiler, 1906), by S. S. Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why we practice plural marriage. (Published at the Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), by Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Orson F. Whitney, Juvenile Instructor Office, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zending en polygamie; de gedragslijn der christelijke zending ten opzichte der veelwijverij; historisch toegelicht. (Hollandia, 1905), by B. J. Esser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Polygamie und pellikat nach griechischem rechte. (A. Deichert, 1894), by Ernst Hruza (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mormon problem. (Washington, 1887), by John Thomas Caine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our country : its possible future and its present crisis (Published by the Baker & Tylor Co. for the American Home Missionary Society, 1885), by Josiah Strong and Congregational Home Missionary Society (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bab alaki-rabi : wajoeh kalijan boten (H.A. Benjamins, 1913), by Soewara (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism : and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy (Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1986), by Ann Eliza Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plural marriage : the heart-history of Adèle Hersch (E. D. Norton, printer, 1885), by Amelie Veronique Petit Child- Mathews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Female life among the Mormons; a thrilling narrative of many years' personal experiences with Brigham Young and his followers. (J.E. Potter, in the 19th century), by Maria Ward and B. G. Ferris (page images at HathiTrust)
• A detective's experience among th Mormons : or Polygamist Mormons: how they live and the land they live in (Laird & Lee, 1887), by Fred E. Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• A plea for polygamy. (Panurge Press, 1929), by E. N. Jencks (page images at HathiTrust)
• The White slave act; history and analysis of its words "other immoral purpose" (Sugar House Press, Inc., 1946), by Claude T. Barnes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lo! shines on high Diana, merrily laughs each star (New York : W.A. Pond & Co., [between 1863 and 1877], 1863), by Michael Connelly, Jacques Offenbach, Lydia Thompson, A. H. Oakes, and Wallack's Theatre (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the American Congress : the bible law of marriage against Mormonism. (s.n., 1873), by John Marchmont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Under our flag : a study of national conditions from the standpoint of woman's home missionary work (Fleming H. Revell, 1903), by Alice M. Guernsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plural marriage in America : a critical examination (Herald Publishing House, 1903), by Joseph Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The true origin of Mormon polygamy (The Standard publishing company, 1914), by Charles A. Shook (page images at HathiTrust)
• Women under polygamy. (AMS Press, 1974), by Walter Matthew Gallichan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• From within one heart. (Literature Department of the Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church /, 1907), by B. M. Bush (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of Dr. Colenso's remarks on polygamy : as found existing in converts from heathenism (J. Cullingworth ;, 1856), by H. A. Wilder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy not of God.. (Printed at the True Latter-day saints' herald office, 1883), by Joseph Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Utah bill. A plea for religious liberty. (Gibson brothers, printers, 1870), by W. H. Hooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marriage : monogamy and polygamy on the basis of divine law, of natural law, and of constitutional law : an open letter to the Massachusetts members of Congress, by one of their constituents, with observations on the opinion of the Supreme Court in Reynolds vs. United States, 98 U. S. Supreme Court reports (James Campbell, 1882), by Citizen of Massachusetts, Alfred Ellingwood Giles, and James T. Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygamy v. polyandry (s.n.], 1891), by Charles Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blood atonement and the origin of plural marriage : a discussion (Zion's Printing and Publishing Co., 1905), by Joseph F. Smith and R. C. Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism (National Publishing Company, 1870), by J. H. Beadle and Pa.) National Publishing Company (Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exposé of polygamy in Utah, a lady's life among the Mormons : a record of personal experience as one of the wives of a Mormon elder during a period of more than twenty years. (New-York : American News Company, 1892., 1892), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• The problem of polygamy. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tell it all : the story of a life's experience in Mormonism (Hartford, Conn. : A.D. Worthington, 1875., 1875), by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse and Harriet Beecher Stowe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fifteen years' residence with the Mormons : with startling disclosures of the mysteries of polygamy (Chicago : Phoenix Publishing Company, 1876., 1876), by Mary Ettie V. Smith and Nelson Winch Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ehen zu Dritt. Das Recht auf die Geliebte. (Man Verlag, 1928), by Georges Anquetil (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A short treatise on polygamy; or, The marrying and cohabiting with more than one woman at the same time, proved from Scripture, to be agreeable to the will of God: and, That Christ was not the giver of a new law. In which are also considered, the just grounds for divorce, and what constitutes a lawful marriage, in the sight of God. (Printed and sold by the booksellers, 1786), by James Edward Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mnohoženství a jednoženství : přednáška pořádaná spolkem "Domovina" dne 7. března 1899 (V komisi knihkupectví Jaroslava Pospíšila, 1899), by T. G. Masaryk (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Women of Mormondom, by Edward W. Tullidge (Gutenberg ebook)
• A letter of advice to a friend upon the modern argument of the lawfulness of simple fornication, half-adultery, and polygamy. (London : Printed for William Keblewhite ..., 1696), by Charles Leslie (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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