Item Detail
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16083
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Book
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English
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Clayton, William
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Manchester Mormons : The Journal of William Clayton 1840 to 1842
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Alexander, Thomas G.,Allen, James B.
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Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Peregrine Smith
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1974
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January 1, 1840 to February 18, 1842. Clayton frequently writes of attempting to settle disputes and debts between members, while keeping local gossip in check. Clayton takes care of some matters privately, but he also convenes a number of Church disciplinary councils. While not settling disputes, Clayton administers to sick Saints and expounds on the Gospel to his congregation. The Twelve arrive in England and, at their request, he begins preparing the Millennial Star for publication. They organize branches and Clayton begins to preach more publicly. He receives news that he is to return to his family. During his time in Manchester, he has developed a relationship with Sarah Crooks and he strives to keep his feelings in check. After his abrupt departure from Manchester, Clayton's family is chosen to immigrate to America. He lists preparations made to leave England, saying good-bye friends and family, and so on. During the voyage, Clayton writes about sea-sickness, efforts to maintain sanitary conditions, deaths, keeping single women from the sailors, tension between the crew and Mormons, water rationing, and a fire on deck. He arrives in New York City. As he sails down the Hudson and Mississippi Rivers, he describes cities passed. Clayton provides a summary of his winter activities. He is sued for trespassing and debts incurred by the group with which he immigrated. He attends the April 1841 Conference, noting the organization of Church disciplinary councils and recording all the members of the First Presidency and High Councils. He describes the Nauvoo Temple cornerstone ceremony, Sidney Rigdon's sermon on baptism for the dead and the sermon's affect on the congregation. He also records the revelation for the settlement of Zarahemla, Iowa. In his final entries, Clayton contracts malaria, and his infant daughter dies. A summary of his fall and winter activities follows.
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David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
Exiles in a Land of Liberty : Mormons in America, 1830-1846
Illness and Mortality in Nineteenth-Century Mormon Immigration
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Mormons in Victorian Manchester
Popular Mormon Millennialism in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Speaking in Tongues in the Restoration Churches
The King Follett Discourse : Joseph Smith's Greatest Sermon in Historical Perspective
The Making of British Saints in Historical Perspective
The Mission of the Twelve to England, 1840-41 : Mormon Apostles and the Working Classes
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints
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The Willard Richards and Brigham Young 5 September 1840 Letter from England to Nauvoo
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[Review essay on George D. Smith, ed., An Intimate Chronicle : The Journals of William Clayton]