170 years ago today - Jan 1, 1844

Second Counselor William Law catches Joseph Smith and Maria Lawrence, a teenaged orphan who was living in the Smith household, in a "compromising situation." Unknown to Law, Maria Lawrence had been a secret plural wife of Joseph Smith for half a year.

[Source: http://www.advent-adam.com/jakestand.html (cached, based on http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies)]

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