The Origins of Joseph Smith's Polygamy

The official record is that he received the revelation, which is still within the doctrine of covenants. So his first polygamous wife or his first plural encounter was with a young girl named Fanny Algar. And so it was years before ever receiving the official revelation that became polygamy. There's affidavit's sworn where Joseph Smith outright denied it. While it was polygamy, being a polygamist, but this was while polygamy was was ongoing. It continued to remain secret for most of its history.