‘Mormon Land’: His scribe’s diaries provide further evidence of Joseph Smith’s secret polygamy

LDS Church historians say William Clayton’s soon-to-be-published journals add valuable details to the faith’s Nauvoo narrative.

(Church History Library) William Clayton was a confidant, clerk and scribe to church founder Joseph Smith.

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