170 years ago today - Sep 15, 1842

The Times and Seasons published an account from Sidney Rigdon concerning the death of his daughter Eliza weeks before [the exact date is unavailable]. Before her demise she had "come back to deliver her message, and then depart again -- saying the Lord had said to her the very words she should relate... concerning Dr. Bennett, that he was a wicked man.

[Source: Hales, Brian C., Joseph Smith's Polygamy: History and Theology, 2 vols., Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2011 (www.JosephSmithsPolygamy.com)]

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