The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Mormon Marriages [from the London Saturday Review]

"Mormon Marriages [from the London Saturday Review]." New-York Saturday Press, April 17, 1866, 4, 5.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
journalism
Abstract

A judge rules that an apostatized Mormon is not forced to take care of his abandoned wife because it was a polygamous relationship, and therefore not a legitimate marriage to begin with.