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1863 February 28 Letter to Mark A. Coombs

Title

1863 February 28 Letter to Mark A. Coombs

Description

An Elder or Bishop may perform Coombs marriage. Brigham denies that Joseph said a man would only be sealed to one wife in eternity.

Type

Correspondence

Sender

Brigham Young

Recipient

Mark A. Coombs

Date

1863 February 28

Location

Great Salt Lake City
Parowan, Iron County, U. T.

Subject

Marriage
Plural Marriage
Church Doctrine

Item sets

Letterbook v. 6

G. S. L. City, Feb. 28. 1863.

Elder Mark A Coombs,
Parowan, Iron County, U. T.

Dear Brother:

You are at liberty to have your Bishop or any Elder marry you and the sister you mention in your note of the 15th inst., and let the marriage answer until you find a younger person willing to be your wife, when you can all come here and have the sealing ordinance attended to.

As to the statement that Joseph said that the time would come in eternity when A man would have but one wife, I will <answer> the
question you propound by asking another, viz:-- where did the man
that made that statement get his whiskey?

Your Brother in the Gospel,

Brigham Young