170 years ago today - Mar 7, 1843

William Clayton records, "Brigham Young called me on one side and said he wants to give me some instructions on the priesthood the first opportunity. He said the prophet had told him to do so and give me a favor which I have long desired." The favor is and invitation to enter into plural marriage. Two days later Joseph Smith suggests Clayton send to England for Sarah Crooks whom Clayton had had fond feelings for while on his mission to England but had stifled them since he was already married.

[Source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower]

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  1. [Original Source: The Journals of William Clayton, ed. by George D. Smith, Signature Books (1995), pp.94-95]

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