How many wives did Joseph Smith have at the time he denied he was a polygamist and only had one wife?

### Background Joseph Smith gave a public speech approximately a month before dying where he said the following: > What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one. I am the same man, and as innocent as I was fourteen years ago; and I can prove them all perjurers. This speech was given after a newspaper called *The Nauvoo Expositor* wrote an article accusing him of being a polygamist and being married to 7 women. The “them all” in Smiths speech that he calls perjurers are reporters at this newspaper. ### Question At the time Joseph Smith gave this speech claiming that he was only married to one woman, how many wives did he have? Was Joseph Smith married to more than one woman at the time he gave this speech?