- Emily D. Partridge, Affidavits, May 1, 1869, Joseph F. Smith, Affidavit Books 1:11, 13; 4:11, 13. Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 223.
- Eliza Partridge, Affidavits, July 1, 1869, MS 3423, LDS Church History Library; also in Joseph F. Smith, Affidavit Books, 2:34, 3:34.
- George A. Smith, Letter to Joseph Smith III, October 9, 1869.
- Emily D. Partridge, Temple Lot Transcript, Part 3, pp. 371, 384, questions 480–84, 747, 751–62.
- Emily D. P. Young, “Autobiography,” Woman’s Exponent 14, no. 5 (August 1, 1885): 38.
- Malissa Lott, dictation in “First list of wives,” Document #1, Andrew Jenson Papers, MS 17956, Box 49, fd. 16.
- William Clayton, Affidavit, February 16, 1874, MS 3412, LDS Church History Library; in Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 221.
- Nauvoo Temple proxy marriage to Joseph Smith, January 14, 1846. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings, 281.
- Jenson, “Plural Marriage,” 234.
- Joseph Smith III, Letter to Bro. E. C. Brand, n.d. [likely early 1880s] Letter Press Book #4, 63–67, P6, Community of Christ Archives.
- Benjamin F. Johnson, My Life’s Review, 96.
- [Oliver Olney?], uncatalogued manuscript, Western Americana, Beinecke Library, Yale University, folder labeled “Nauvoo Female Society.” Some of the writing on the document is dated October 18, 1843.
- Quoted in D. Michael Quinn PapersCAdditionCUncat WA MS 244 (Accession:19990209-c), Box 1CCard fileCTopic: Polygamy, Joseph Smith’s. I have been unable to find the original of this letter. See also letter from John Lyman Smith to D. H. Cannon, [n.d.] 1895, LDS Church History Library, which substantiates that Joseph advised that Sarah be sealed to him but live with her legal husband. (back)