Journal, 1840-1842

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Scope and Contents

This xerox journal transcript (107 pp., bound) covers Clayton's missionary work, meetings counseling, etc. in Manchester. On 17 April he records that Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Heber C. Kimball, George A. Smith, Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Reuben Hadlock, H. Clark and Joseph Fielding arrived from Preston to hold conference.

4 Sept 1840, a company of 26 people met at Clayton's home preparing to leave by rail for Liverpool where they would set sail for Zion.

Clayton writes in detail about the 207 men, women and children on the ship in North America--the sickness, the deaths, the discomforts, and the problems of the passengers and crew.

13 October they landed in New York and changed from the boat North America to a steamer and sailed up the Hudson River to the Albany Basin. Clayton describes the country as viewed from the steamer and the canal boats as they traveled up the river.

The journal also highlights his final arrival in Commerce, Illinois. He discusses attending conference from 6-9 April 1841 and records the business conducted and the names of those appointed to various councils. 6 April 1841 he writes that the First Presidency layed the corner stone to the temple. He tells of two revelations concerning the building of the temple and Nauvoo House, and the gathering of people at Zarahemla.

Dates

1840-1842

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