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Belinda Marden Pratt · 1854 · Dramatized Reading

Defence of Polygamy

By a Lady in Utah, in a Letter to Her Sister in New Hampshire

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An independent recording of the public-domain 1854 pamphlet Defence of Polygamy, by a Lady in Utah, in a Letter to Her Sister in New Hampshire. The voices are AI-generated; each speaker has their own. This project is not produced, sponsored, or endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Text: the transcription at Wikisource, every page of which is proofread there. The title page says only “by a Lady in Utah”; the letter is signed Belinda Marden Pratt, whom Wikisource describes as a plural wife of Parley P. Pratt. The title page is announced and the letter is read as printed; the short title on the page is ours.

Cover: Defence of Polygamy, first page, 1854 pamphlet, Internet Archive scan (1854) — public domain.

Public domain, free to share. The text of Defence of Polygamy is in the public domain in the United States. It was first published in 1854. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright there.

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