The Full William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries (Part 1)

This presentation starts off by explaining why scholars and historians generally accept the William Clayton Nauvoo Diaries as authentic Nauvoo records, and explores in depth the entries relating to Joseph Smith's polygamy and William Clayton's polygamy. There are many contributing reasons why historians accept the Clayton diaries as being authentic: his diaries are often corroborated by other Nauvoo sources, William Clayton wrote entries critical of or negative about the apostles, he clearly was writing in code to keep it secretive a lot of the time, he traced a Kinderhook Plate in the diary, and William Clayton frankly records that he and Joseph Smith were having a lot of difficulties in practicing plural marriage. After exploring those reasons why scholars view the diaries as authentic, the presentation explores the history of Plural Marriage in William Clayton's Diaries in detail: How Clayton was introduced to the principle in early 1843, records a number of entries about Joseph Smith teaching and practicing plural marriage, and then records the details surrounding his own practice of plural marriage and plural courtships (and failed courtships), from Margaret Moon who he married in 1843, to Alice Hardman and Jane Hardman who he married in 1844, and then Diantha Farr who was the last plural wife he married in Nauvoo in early 1845. In 1845 Clayton continues to deal with drama and controversy over plural marriage, but the diary ends with him and his wives receiving Endowment rituals and their Sealing Blessings in the Nauvoo Temple. This is part one of two presentations on the subject! The full diary typescripts can be downloaded here: https://oneeternalround.org/news/new-... To learn more:   / workofthefather   Join our discussion group on Telegram: https://t.me/+j7J-soWwBD8wM2Yx Email us at: [email protected]